Ocular myasthenia revisited: Insights from pseudo-internuclear ophthalmoplegia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1569-1574

  Khanna, S ^a   Liao, K ^b   Kaminski, H J ^a   Tomsak, R L ^a   Joshi, A ^b   Leigh, R J ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diplopia; Extraocular muscle; Eye movements; Multiple sclerosis (MS); Saccades

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; EYE POSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULAR MYASTHENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SYNAPSE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 34548767505     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-007-0591-y     Document Type: Article

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