Pupillary sparing and aberrant regeneration in chronic third nerve palsy secondary to a posterior communicating artery aneurysm

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 715-716

  Grunwald, L ^a   Sund, N J ^a   Volpe, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL;

EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; IRIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PUPIL; REGENERATION;

EID: 43649101471     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.124297     Document Type: Letter

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