Preserved otolith function in patients with cerebellar atrophy and bilateral vestibulopathy

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 171, Issue , 2008, Pages 211-214

  Marti, S ^a   Tarnutzer, A A ^a   Palla, A ^a   Straumann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bilateral vestibulopathy; cerebellum; downbeatnystagmus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 49349085751     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00629-8     Document Type: Chapter

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