Transient ophthalmoplegia following envenomation by the scorpion Mesobuthus eupeus

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 346-347

  Sadeghian, Hamid ^a,b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SCORPION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037469216     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000044158.90246.9F     Document Type: Article

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