Aetiology and outcomes of adult superior oblique palsies: A modern series

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 640-644

  Mollan, S P ^a   Edwards, J H ^b   Price, A ^a   Abbott, J ^a   Burdon, M A ^a,b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital; Neurogenic superior oblique palsy; Trauma; Trochlear nerve disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DATA BASE; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROIMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE PARALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; TROCHLEAR NERVE INJURY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; TROCHLEAR NERVE INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549097693     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.24     Document Type: Article

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