Bilateral congenital vertical gaze disorders: Congenital muscle fibrosis or congenital central nervous abnormality?

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Assaf, Ahmed A ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital fibrosis syndrome; Extraocular muscle; Supranuclear disorders of gaze; Vertical gaze

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030896768     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01658109709009687     Document Type: Article

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