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Benign paroxysmal tonic upgaze of childhood with ataxia Volume 3, numéro 4, December 2001

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  • Benign paroxysmal tonix upgaze of childhood with ataxia
Auteurs
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome, Italy.
  • Page(s) : 203-6
  • Année de parution : 2002

Paroxysmal tonic upgaze deviation was first described as a distinct clinical entity by Ouvrier and Billson [1]. The disorder occurs in infancy or early childhood and consists of episodes of sustained, conjugate, upward deviation of the eyes, down beating saccades in attempted downgaze, apparently preserved horizontal eye movements, and frequent association with concomitant episodic ataxia or clumsiness. Metabolic, electroencephalographic [...]