A rare cause of reversible unilateral third nerve palsy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 188-190

  Lui, Nai Lee ^a   See, Siew Ju ^b   Thumboo, Julian ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve disease; Sjogren's syndrome; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LA ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIPLOPIA; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 55649085049     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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