Abnormal vestibular responses to vertical head motion in cerebellar ataxia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 224-227

  Liao, Ke ^a,b,c   Walker, Mark F ^a,b   Leigh, R John ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 51549118891     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21407     Document Type: Article

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