Cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS): A review of the clinical features and video-oculographic diagnosis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Szmulewicz, David J ^a   Waterston, John A ^b   Macdougall, Hamish G ^c   Mossman, Stuart ^d   Chancellor, Andrew M ^e   Mclean, Catriona A ^a   Merchant, Saumil ^f   Patrikios, Peter ^g   Halmagyi, G Michael ^h   Storey, Elsdon ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Capital Coast Health ^*  (New Zealand)

^e TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^g ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilateral vestibular loss; Cerebellar ataxia; Cerebellar atrophy; MRI; Neuronopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH NEUROPATHY AND BILATERAL VESTIBULAR AREFLEXIA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; PURKINJE CELL; SPIRAL GANGLION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY;

EID: 80053206255     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06158.x     Document Type: Article

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