Effect of 3,4-diaminopyridine on the gravity dependence of ocular drift in downbeat nystagmus

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 752-753

  Helmchen, Christoph ^a   Sprenger, A ^a   Rambold, H ^a   Sander, T ^a   Kompf D ^a   Straumann, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; GRAVITY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 4143075787     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000136226.52639.35     Document Type: Article

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