Does botulinum toxin have a role in the treatment of oscillopsia?

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 73-78

  Dawson, Emma L M ^a   Murthy, Ramesh ^a   Lee, John P ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Oscillopsia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DATA BASE; DIPLOPIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE DISEASE; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; OSCILLOPSIA; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34447135510     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: 1744506X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01658100701407802     Document Type: Review

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