Wernekink commissure syndrome: A rare midbrain syndrome

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1419-1421

  Liu, Huayan ^a   Qiao, Lei ^a   He, Zhiyi ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Midbrain; Superior cerebellar peduncle; Wernekink commissure syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; SLURRED SPEECH; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WERNEKINK COMMISSURE SYNDROME; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; PALATE; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; TREMOR;

AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PALATE; SYNDROME; TREMOR;

EID: 84883529566     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-0966-4     Document Type: Article

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