Spasmus nutans-like nystagmus is often associated with underlying ocular, intracranial, or systemic abnormalities

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-122

  Kiblinger, Gregory D ^a   Wallace, Billi S ^a   Hines, Mujahid ^a   Siatkowski, R Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEAD NODDING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DYSTROPHY; STRABISMUS; TORTICOLLIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TORTICOLLIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34249881354     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318067b59f     Document Type: Article

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