Opsoclonus in Adults: Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1986, Pages 1165-1175

  Digre, Kathleen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; OPSOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE REPORT; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023002585     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1986.00520110055016     Document Type: Article

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