Relative sparing of extraocular muscles in myotonic dystrophy: An electrooculographic study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 158-163

  Di Costanzo, A ^a   Toriello, A ^a   Mottola, A ^a   Di Iorio, G ^a   Bonavita, V ^a   Tedeschi, G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

electrooculography; myotonic dystrophy; oculomotor muscles; saccadic eye movements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030932198     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00088.x     Document Type: Article

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