Impairment of vertical saccades from an acute pontine lesion in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-307

  Rufa, Alessandra ^a   Cerase, Alfonso ^b   De Santi, Lorenzo ^a   Mandalà, Marco ^b   Nuti, Daniele ^b   Giorgio, Antonio ^a   Annunziata, Pasquale ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurological and Behavioural Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DIPLOPIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TEGMENTUM; ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADES;

EID: 64049094177     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318183bd26     Document Type: Article

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