Periodic alternating nystagmus and periodic alternating skew deviation in spinocerebellar ataxia type 6

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-288

  Colen, Chaim B ^a   Ketko, Anastasia ^a   George, Edwin ^a   Van Stavern, Gregory P ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; BACLOFEN; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA 6 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CACNA1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL (P Q TYPE); VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL (P-Q TYPE);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; DYSARTHRIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OSCILLOPSIA; PERIODIC ALTERNATING NYSTAGMUS; PERIODIC ALTERNATING SKEW DEVIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKEW DEVIATION; SLIT LAMP; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STRABISMUS; TREMOR; VERTICAL STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; WHEELCHAIR; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PURKINJE CELL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CEREBELLUM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PURKINJE CELLS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 64049097544     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318183bf5a     Document Type: Article

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