Isolated crossed superior rectus palsy in a midbrain infarction

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-448

  Tsukamoto, Tetsuro ^a   Yamamoto, Mitsuharu ^b   Fuse, Takahisa ^b   Kimura, Masahiko ^b  

^a Department of Neurology   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crossed superior rectus palsy; Diplopia; Midbrain infarction; Superior rectus palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CROSSED SUPERIOR RECTUS PALSY; DIPLOPIA; EYELID MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRANUCLEAR SPACE; MALE; MIDBRAIN INFARCTION; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PALPEBRAL FISSURE ANOMALY; PARALYSIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELEVISION; THALAMUS; TINNITUS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; INNERVATION; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN INFARCTION; DIPLOPIA; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PARALYSIS;

EID: 23444453708     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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