Double impairment: Clinical identification of 33 cases of cerebellar ataxia with bilateral vestibulopathy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 804-808

  Pothier, David D ^a   Rutka, John A ^a   Ranalli, Paul J ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

balance; central vestibular abnormalities; cerebellar ataxia with bilateral vestibulopathy; peripheral vestibular abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH BILATERAL VESTIBULOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR EVOKED MYOGENIC POTENTIAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR TEST;

CALORIC TESTS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACCADES; SYNDROME; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84864003862     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811431788     Document Type: Review

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