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. 2016 Jun 10;3(6):621-623.
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12364. eCollection 2016 Nov-Dec.

Brief Ataxia Rating Scale: A Reliable Tool to Rate Ataxia in a Short Timeframe

Sarah Camargos  1 , Francisco Cardoso  1 , Ricardo Maciel  1 , Lucio Huebra  1 , Thiago Roberto Silva  1 , Vilson Geraldo Campos  1 , Rodrigo Alencar  1
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Brief Ataxia Rating Scale: A Reliable Tool to Rate Ataxia in a Short Timeframe

Sarah Camargos et al. Mov Disord Clin Pract. .
No abstract available

Keywords: BARS; ICARS; SARA; ataxia.

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Figure 1
Bland‐Altman Plot for MICARS. The lines represent the mean bias and the 95% limits of agreement.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Bland‐Altman Plot for BARS. The lines represent the mean bias and the 95% limits of agreement.
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