Third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerve palsies

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Bianchi Marzoli, Stefania ^a   Brancato, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0031466387     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199712000-00008     Document Type: Review

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