Jerky hemi-seesaw nystagmus and head tilt reaction combined with internuclear ophthalmoplegia from a pontine infarction

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 456-458

  Choi, Soo Young ^a   Kim, Dae Hyun ^a   Lee, Ji Hee ^a   Kim, Jei ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemi seesaw nystagmus; Internuclear ophthalmoplegia; Ocular tilt reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN INFARCTION; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PONS;

EID: 59349091238     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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