Fast eye movement initiation of ocular torsion in mesodiencephalic lesions

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 729-737

  Bentley, C R ^a   Bronstein, A M ^a   Faldon, M ^a   Farmer, S ^a,b   Gresty, M A ^a   Matthews, T D ^c   Paine, M ^a   Plant, G T ^a   Riordan Eva, P ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIENCEPHALON; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; STRABISMUS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031865270     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430607     Document Type: Article

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