Cerebellar volume correlates with saccadic gain and ataxia in adult Niemann-Pick type C

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-89

  Walterfang, Mark ^a,b   Abel, Larry A ^b   Desmond, Patricia ^b   Fahey, Michael C ^c   Bowman, Elizabeth A ^b   Velakoulis, Dennis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; Gaze palsy; Lysosomal; Niemann Pick type C; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE, TYPE C; SACCADES;

EID: 84871719694     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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