Bilateral ptosis, bilateral upgaze and adduction paresis, and monocular downgaze paresis from a mesencephalic infarction

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 363-367

  Johmura, Yuji ^a   Johkura, Ken ^a   Kuroiwa, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mesencephalic infarction; Oculomotor nerve and fasciculus; Oculomotor nucleus; Oculomotor palsy; Ptosis

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; PTOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA;

EID: 0035317453     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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