Dorsal root ganglionopathy is responsible for the sensory impairment in CANVAS

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1410-1415

  Szmulewicz, David J ^a   McLean, Catriona A ^b   Rodriguez, Michael L ^c   Chancellor, Andrew M ^d   Mossman, Stuart ^c   Lamont, Duncan ^e   Roberts, Leslie ^f   Storey, Elsdon ^g   Halmagyi, G Michael ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Forensic Medicine New South Wales Pathology ^*  (New Zealand)

^d TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH NEUROPATHY AND BILATERAL VESTIBULAR AREFLEXIA SYNDROME; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; DEMYELINATION; DORSAL ROOT GANGLIONOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE SECTION; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VIBRATION SENSE; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SYNDROME; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VERY ELDERLY; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SACCADES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SYNDROME; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 84901916051     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000352     Document Type: Article

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