Beneficial effects of 3,4-diaminopyridine on positioning downbeat nystagmus in a circumscribed uvulo-nodular lesion [6]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1126-1128

  Helmchen, Christoph ^a   Gottschalk, Stefan ^a   Sander, Thurid ^a   Trillenberg, Peter ^a   Rambold, Holger ^a   Sprenger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 34548408723     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0448-9     Document Type: Letter

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