Infantile nystagmus: Current concepts in diagnosis and management

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Abel, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Jerk nystagmus; Nystagmus; Pendular nystagmus; Saccadic oscillations

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTACLES;

ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; INFANT; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646113178     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00024.x     Document Type: Review

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