Nystagmus

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 320-326

  Neely, Daniel E ^a   Sprunger, Derek T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BETAXOLOL; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIRIDIA; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GAZE; HUMAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; OCULAR ALBINISM; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRABISMUS;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032696997     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199910000-00007     Document Type: Review

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