Ocular contrapulsion in multiple sclerosis: Clinical features and pathophysiological mechanisms

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 688-692

  Frohman, E M ^a,b   Frohman, T C ^a   Fleckenstein, J ^b   Racke, M K ^a,b   Hawker, K ^a   Kramer, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrapulsion; Ipsipulsion; Superior cerebellar peduncle; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCULOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; WHITE MATTER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS;

EID: 0035042433     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.5.688     Document Type: Article

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