Complete ophthalmoplegia: An unusual sign of bilateral paramedian midbrain-thalamic infarction

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1355-1357

  Thurtell, Matthew J ^a   Halmagyi, G Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infarction; Mesencephalon; Ophthalmoplegia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMA; CRANIAL NERVE; DEATH; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 41149094111     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.504761     Document Type: Article

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