Whipple's disease mimicking progressive supranuclear palsy: The diagnostic value of eye movement recording

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 532-535

  Averbuch Heller, Lea ^a,c   Paulson, George W ^b   Daroff, Robert B ^a   Leigh, R John ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Parkinsonian syndrome; Vertical saccades

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MEASUREMENT; PARKINSONISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033004350     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.4.532     Document Type: Article

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