Selective vertical saccadic palsy from unilateral medial thalamic infarction: Clinical, neurophysiologic and MRI correlates

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Deleu, D ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Eye abnormalities; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ocular motility disorders; Ophthalmoplegia; Saccades; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0030729062     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00293.x     Document Type: Article

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