Although abnormal eye movements are a prominent feature of ataxia telangiectasia, the characteristics of the oculomotor dysfunction in the disease have been reported only in small groups of patients. We have examined eye movements clinically in 56 patients with ataxia telangiectasia, and obtained el
Cerebellar cortex ultrastructure in ataxia-telangiectasia
β Scribed by Dr M. M. Paula-Barbosa; C. Ruela; M. A. Tavares; C. Pontes; A. Saraiva; C. Cruz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 814 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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