TABLE 1. The frequency of neuro-ophthalmological features in 115 paediatric patients with chronic ataxia.
Neuro-ophthalmological features | Frequency (%) |
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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.