Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome without global mental retardation in two relatives with Gillespie syndrome

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-67

  Mariën, Peter ^a,b,c   Brouns, Raf ^a,b   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^a,b   Wackenier, Peggy ^a,b   Verhoeven, Jo ^d   Ceulemans, Berten ^e   De Deyn, Peter P ^a,b  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; Cognition; Gillespie syndrome; Partial aniridia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE SYNDROME; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DYSMETRIA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; GILLESPIE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; INCIDENCE; IRIS DISEASE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 43149125931     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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