Idiopathic Unilateral Cranial Nerve VI Palsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1282-1286

  Hsu, Christensen S ^a   Closmann, James J ^a   Baus, Mark R ^b  

^a Dept of Clinical Investigation   (United States)

^b Tripler Army Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE INJURY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ESOPHORIA; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFARCTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPECTACLES; STRABISMUS; TUMOR;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 43649096920     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.04.035     Document Type: Article

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