Eight Eye Muscle Surgical Treatment in a Patient with Acquired Nystagmus and Strabismus: A Case Report

Binocular Vision and Strabismus Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Depalo, Christopher ^a   Hertle, Richard W ^a,b   Yang, Dongsheng ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; MUSCLE RESECTION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TENECTOMY; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142090901     PISSN: 10886281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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