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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998;65:370-373 doi:10.1136/jnnp.65.3.370
  • Short report

Ataxia induced by small amounts of alcohol

  1. F Settaa,
  2. J Jacquyb,
  3. J Hildebrandc,
  4. M-U Mantoc
  1. aClinica Neurologica II, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italia, bService de Neurologie, CHU-Charleroi, Belgique, cService de Neurologie, Hôpital Erasme-ULB, Bruxelles, Belgique
  1. Dr Mario-Ubaldo Manto, Service de Neurologie, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Hôpital Erasme-ULB, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium. Telephone 0032 2 555 67 47; fax 0032 2 555 39 42.
  • Received 13 August 1997
  • Revised 19 February 1998
  • Accepted 24 February 1998

Abstract

A patient is described who exhibited cerebellar ataxia after drinking small amounts of alcohol. Intake of 5 g alcohol induced a gaze evoked nystagmus, a scanning speech, a body sway after eye closure, and bilateral postural leg tremor. Kinematic and EMG analysis of fast wrist movements showed normal movements before and marked hypermetria after alcohol intake. Dysmetria was due to abnormal programming of antagonist muscle activity.

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