Cause and prognosis of nontraumatic sixth nerve palsies in young adults

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1925-1928

  Peters III, George B ^a   Bakri, Sophie J ^a   Krohel, Gregory B ^a,b  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MD 2200 Burdett Avenue No 206   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRABISMUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0036787755     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01226-5     Document Type: Article

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