Thickening of peripapillar retinal fibers for the diagnosis of autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay

Cerebellum

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 758-762

  Desserre, Jeremy ^a   Devos, David ^b,d   Sautière, Bruno Georges ^a   Debruyne, Philippe ^a   Santorelli, Filippo M ^c   Vuillaume, Isabelle ^d   Defoort Dhellemmes, Sabine ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Neurologie EA 4559   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Recessive; Retinal fibers; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Thickening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SPASTIC ATAXIA OF CHARLEVOIX SAQUENAY; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RETINA; RETINAL NEURONS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS;

EID: 84855961183     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-011-0286-x     Document Type: Article

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