A guide to the evaluation of fourth cranial nerve palsies

Strabismus

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 191-200

  Lee Andrew, G ^a,f   Anne Hayman, L ^a   Beaver, Hilary A ^a   Prager, Thomas C ^a   Kelder, Steve H ^b   Scasta, Tracy L ^c   Avilla, Cynthia W ^d   Von Imoorden, Gunter K ^d   Tang, Rosa A ^e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Fourth nerve palsy; Imaging guide; Neuroimaging; Patient evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TROCHLEAR NERVE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0032446411     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/stra.6.4.191.620     Document Type: Article

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