Bilateral ptosis and gaze paresis due to unilateral thalamic lesions

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Kurt, Tülay ^a,b   Şahiner, Türker ^a   Oǧuzhanoǧlu, Atilla ^a   Sinan Bir, L ^a   Akalin, Oktay ^a   Çeliker, Arif ^a   Özdemir, Fatma ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PK 272 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral ptosis; Horizontal gaze palsy; Thalamic lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PTOSIS; THALAMUS LESION;

EID: 0344873732     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/noph.28.1.1.17340     Document Type: Article

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