Ataxia in childhood Ataxia (Critical) After an introduction consisting of a statement of objectives and definition and classification of ataxias, this program presents eight children with various types of ataxia. Conditions illustrated include cerebro-cerebellar disorder of unknown cause but with opsoclonus, hereditary cerebellar degeneration, medulloblastoma after surgery and irradiation, acute cerebellar ataxia of unknown cause, ataxia telangiectasia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth's Disease and Friedreich's ataxia. The demonstration of ataxia telangiectasia is excellent; the rest are adequate. The definition of ataxia is appropriate, but the explaination of the classification is inconsistent. The accuracy of some statements is questionable. The program has a nice collection of rare disorders which often have spectacular clinical presentations. It may be quite useful for educating beginning specialists in pediatric neurology and is recommended. Tucson : The University : [for sale by its Health Sciences Center, Biomedical Communications], c1976 Curless, Richard, 1936- University of Arizona. Moving image 031 min. Color Film technique unknown nlm:nlmuid-7603880A-vid 7603880A http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/7603880A OCLC: 31658276 English The original and derivative copies are under copyright protection. Resource cannot be viewed online. Viewing copy available on-site only.