Nystagmus

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 32-38

  Gottlob, Irene ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; GABAPENTIN; MEMANTINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATAXIA; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; DIENCEPHALON; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGY; OCULAR ALBINISM; OSCILLOPSIA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TETANUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 0031738944     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199810000-00007     Document Type: Review

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