Mobius syndrome: Electrophysiologic studies in seven cases

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1148-1153

  Jaradeh, Safwan ^a   D'Cruz, O'Neill ^b   Howard Jr , James F ^b   Haberkamp, Thomas J ^a   Konkol, Richard J ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital; facial diplegia; Mobius syndrome; ophtalmoplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; REACTION TIME; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029841285     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199609)19:9<1148::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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