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Upbeat nystagmus as an early sign of cerebellar astrocytoma

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A boy with a left-hemispheric cerebellar astrocytoma had upbeat nystagmus exhibiting increasing-velocity slow phases. The nystagmus improved after excision of the tumour.

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  1. Clinica Neurologica, Viale S. Pietro 10, I-07100, Sassari, Italy

    S. Traccis, G. Rosati, I. Aiello, M. F. Monaco, P. Loffredo, M. V. Puliga, M. I. Pirastru & V. Agnetti

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  1. S. Traccis
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Traccis, S., Rosati, G., Aiello, I. et al. Upbeat nystagmus as an early sign of cerebellar astrocytoma. J Neurol 236, 359–360 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314382

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