Upbeat nystagmus from a demyelinating lesion in the caudal pons

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-206

  Tilikete, Caroline ^a,d   Milea, Dan ^b   Pierrot Deseilligny, Charles ^c  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DIPLOPIA; DYSGEUSIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PONS; POSITIONAL VERTIGO; PRIMARY POSITION UPBEAT NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VIDEOOCULOGRAPHY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EFFERENT NERVE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETICULAR FORMATION; TASTE DISORDER; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ATAXIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PONS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; TASTE DISORDERS; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 58149374922     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318183bd73     Document Type: Article

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