Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles with brain-stem abnormalities: A novel finding

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 540-545

  Harissi Dagher, Mona ^a   Dagher, Jehan H ^a   Aroichane, Maryam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain stem abnormalities; Computed tomography; Congenital fibrosis syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ophthalmoplegia; Ptosis; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MYOFIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; STRABISMUS SURGERY;

EID: 4444292647     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(04)80146-7     Document Type: Article

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