Isolated IVth (trochlear) nerve palsy due to basilar artery dolichoectasia

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-461

  Kawasaki, Aki ^a   Purvin, V ^b  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^b MIDWEST EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Diplopia; Dolichoectasia; Fourth nerve palsy; Trochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SERODIAGNOSIS; TROCHLEAR NERVE; ARTICLE; DIPLOPIA; MIDDLE AGED; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; DIPLOPIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33745945270     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-926576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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