A practice pathway for the initial diagnostic evaluation of isolated sixth cranial nerve palsies

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-48

  Miller, Ruth W ^a   Lee, Andrew G ^a   Schiffman, Jade S ^a   Prager, Thomas C ^a   Garza, Raymund ^a   Jenkins, Patricia F ^a   Sforza, Paul ^a   Verm, Alan ^a   Kaufman, David ^a   Robinson, Wendy ^a   Eggenberger, Eric ^a   Tang, Rosa A ^a  

^a NC 200 ^*

Author keywords

Diagnostic evaluation; Ophthalmology; Practice pathway; Sixth cranial nerve palsies

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ABDUCENS NERVE; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032923896     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9901900106     Document Type: Article

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