Downgaze palsy and bilateral ptosis due to a thalamomesencephalic lesion

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-179

  Johkura, Ken ^a   Komiyama, Atsushi ^a   Hasegawa, Osamu ^b   Kuroiwa, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central caudal nucleus; Downgaze palsy; Lymphoma; Oculomotor nuclear complex; Ptosis; Rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS;

AGED; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032509107     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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