Vertebro-basilar syndromes causing oculo-motor disorders

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Moncayo, Jorge ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^b  

^a Hospital Universitario Eugenio Espejo   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebral infarction; Eye movement disorders; Internuclear ophthalmolplegia; Nystagmus

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STROKE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SYNDROME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037321783     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200302000-00006     Document Type: Review

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