Pseudomyopia in a Patient with Blocked Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt - A Case Report

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-231

  Voon, L W ^a   Goh, K Y ^a,b   Lim, T H ^a   Tan, K K ^a   Yong, V S H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accommodative spasm; Dorsal midbrain syndrome; Intracranial shunt; Near reflex; Parinaud's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MESENCEPHALON; MIOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYOPIA; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOTROPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MESENCEPHALON; MIOSIS; MYOPIA; REOPERATION; SYNDROME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031091360     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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