Isolated superior oblique palsies with electrophysiologically documented brainstem lesions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 267-270

  Thömke, Frank ^a   Hopf, Hanns Christian ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem lesion; Masseter reflex; Superior oblique palsy; Trochlear palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REFLEX; REFLEX, STRETCH; RISK FACTORS; SACCADES; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0343852210     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200002)23:2<267::AID-MUS19>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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