Hereditary cerebellar degeneration with downbeat nystagmus. A case and it's treatment
- 29 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 81 (5) , 423-426
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1990.tb00988.x
Abstract
We present a female patient of 48 years with downbeat nystagmus (DBN), moderate impairment of coordination testing and a family history of cerebellar ataxia. We report that a single 2 mg dose of clonazepam (following Currie and Matsuo1) resulted in a virtual disappearance of nystagmus and of the patient''s symptom of oscillopsia. This result is interpreted in terms of current models of DBN.Keywords
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