Double impairment: clinical identification of 33 cases of cerebellar ataxia with bilateral vestibulopathy

• Published in: Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery Vol. 146; no. 5; p. 804
• Main Authors: Pothier, David D, Rutka, John A, Ranalli, Paul J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Caloric Tests; Cerebellar Ataxia - complications; Cerebellar Ataxia - physiopathology; Electronystagmography; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nystagmus, Pathologic - physiopathology; Pursuit, Smooth; Reflex, Abnormal - physiology; Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular - physiology; Retrospective Studies; Saccades - physiology; Syndrome; Vestibular Diseases - complications; Vestibular Diseases - physiopathology; Vestibular Function Tests - methods; Visual Acuity

Following recently described small series of patients with the syndrome of cerebellar ataxia with bilateral vestibulopathy (CABV), the authors undertook a careful clinical and laboratory assessment of patients who presented to their unit with characteristics of this syndrome. Case note review. Terti...