Ataxia and cerebellar atrophy in chronic alcoholics.
Forty-five alcoholics were examined clinically and by CT scanning in order to evaluate the relationship between ataxia, cerebellar atrophy and peripheral neuropathy. A significant relationship was found between ataxia and cerebellar atrophy as well as between ataxia and peripheral neuropathy.
D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000473:pathology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001284:Atrophy; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed