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. 2015 Jun 17;39(3):125–131. doi: 10.3109/01658107.2015.1016579

TABLE 1. The frequency of neuro-ophthalmological features in 115 paediatric patients with chronic ataxia.

Neuro-ophthalmological features Frequency (%)
Afferent visual system abnormalities  
 Decreased visual acuity 17 (9.2)
 Abnormal optic discs 16 (8.7)
 Abnormal pupillary examination 5 (2.7)
 Abnormal visual fields 2 (1.1)
Efferent visual system abnormalities  
 Strabismus 54 (29.3)
 All types of pathological nystagmus 51 (27.7)
 Gaze-evoked nystagmus* 27 (14.7)
 Impaired smooth pursuit 43 (23.4)
 Hypometric saccades 19 (10.3)
 Hypermetric saccades 4 (2.2)
 Impaired ductions 3 (1.6)

*Subset of all patients with nystagmus.