Isolated abducens palsies due to pontine lesions

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-100

  Thömke, Frank ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abducens palsy; Brainstem lesion; Electro oculography; Lateral rectus paresis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031689454     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/noph.20.2.91.8934     Document Type: Article

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