## Abstract Perturbations of precision grip were tested in 7 patients with Friedreich's ataxia (FA) and 11 patients with late‐onset cerebellar ataxia (CA). Subjects were instructed to hold a small compressible manipulandum between thumb and index finger and to resist any perturbation of maintained
Late onset familial periodic cerebellar ataxia
✍ Scribed by J. J. Poza; J. F. Martí Massó; E. Amato
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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