Transition from upbeat to downbeat nystagmus observed in a patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-222

  Suzuki, Yasuo ^a   Matsuda, Taisuke ^a   Washio, Noriaki ^a   Ohtsuka, Kenji ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nystagmus; Vestibular imbalance; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; EYE FIXATION; GAIT DISORDER; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; CLONAZEPAM; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 21144455969     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0182-8     Document Type: Article

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