Bilateral pseudo-internuclear ophthalmoplegia in myasthenia gravis

ORL

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-126

  Ito, Ken ^a   Mizutani, Junko ^a   Murofushi, Toshihisa ^a   Mizuno, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral pseudo internuclear ophthalmoplegia; Dissociated nystagmus; Impairment of adduction; Multiple sclerosis; Myasthenia gravis; Saccadic hypermetria

Indexed keywords

AMBENONIUM; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SYMPTOM; THYMECTOMY; TINNITUS;

EID: 0030938187     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276922     Document Type: Article

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