"The initial presentation typically includes dementia and neurological symptoms such as ataxia, myoclonus, and gait abnormalities as well as behavioral changes," Cetin and co-authors wrote. Sporadic ...
Results All index patients were relatively young (age: 18–34) and suffered from pronounced gait ataxia, dysarthria and visual impairments. Paraclinical hallmarks in early-stage disease were ...
However, patients might still be ataxic, unable to walk, or remain heavily sedated at the time of discharge. Our hypothesis was that flumazenil would improve the level of consciousness, brainstem ...
Six (27%) patients developed a pontine syndrome with paresis of the VI or VII cranial nerves, nystagmus, usually vertical, and gait ataxia. There was a rapid downward progression to the medulla in all ...
In such cases, an inability to balance is a symptom known as ataxia. But ataxia can also be its own condition or disease. As a stand-alone condition, "ataxia is a degenerative disease of the ...
As well, systemic and geriatric disorders will complicate the findings. The following are then assessed in order: gait; signs of frontal dysfunction; signs of parkinsonism; neuroophthalmologic ...
The patient initially manifested with dizziness, nystagmus, dysarthria, and ataxia. Initial testing revealed weakly positive anti-Yo antibodies ... slurred speech, and a broad-based gait.