Contralesionally beating torsional nystagmus in a unilateral rostral midbrain lesion

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 482-486

  Helmchen, Christoph ^a   Glasauer, Stefan ^a   Bartl, Klaus ^a   Büttner, Ulrich ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029787273     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.482     Document Type: Article

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