Perverted head-shaking and positional downbeat nystagmus in patients with multiple system atrophy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1290-1295

  Lee, Jee Young ^a,d   Lee, Woong Woo ^a   Kim, Ji Soo ^b   Kim, Hee Yin ^a   Kim, Jin Kyung ^a,c   Jeon, Beon S ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease; Perverted head shaking nystagmus; Positional downbeat nystagmus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OPSOCLONUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; PARKINSON DISEASE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 69549101847     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22559     Document Type: Article

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