A double-blind controlled study of gabapentin and baclofen as treatment for acquired nystagmus

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 818-825

  Averbuch Heller, L ^a   Tusa, R J ^b   Fuhry, L ^c   Rottach, K G ^d   Ganser, G L ^c   Heide, W ^d   Buttner U ^c   Leigh, R J ^a,e  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; SCOPOLAMINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ACETIC ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; BACLOFEN; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031009672     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410410620     Document Type: Article

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