Use of the Pierse procedure to treat congenital upbeat nystagmus with a chin-up head position

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-160

  Gonzalez, Caleb ^a   Chaudhry, Nauman Alam ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHIN; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032980294     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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