Paroxysmal alternating skew deviation and nystagmus after partial destruction of the uvula

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 790-793

  Radtke, A ^a   Bronstein, A M ^a   Gresty, M A ^a   Faldon, M ^a   Taylor, W ^a   Stevens, J M ^a   Rudge, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Periodic alternating nystagmus; Skew deviation; Uvula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PALATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0034984517     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.6.790     Document Type: Article

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