Upbeat-torsional nystagmus and contralateral fourth-nerve palsy due to unilateral dorsal ponto mesencephalic lesion

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1164, Issue , 2009, Pages 476-478

  Thurtell, Matthew J ^a,b   Tomsak, Robert L ^a,b   Leigh, R John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachium conjunctivum; Fourth nerve palsy; Mesencephalon; Pons; Torsional nystagmus; Upbeat nystagmus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PARALYSIS; NYSTAGMUS; PONS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 66149119257     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03713.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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