Congenital achiasma and see-saw nystagmus in VACTERL syndrome

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-48

  Prakash, Saurabh ^a   Dumoulin, Serge O ^a,b   Fischbein, Nancy ^a   Wandell, Brian A ^a   Liao, Yaping Joyce ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ACHIASMA; ADULT; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCULOGRAPHY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SYNDROME VACTERL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OXYGEN; SPINAL DISEASES; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 77649265780     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181c28fc0     Document Type: Article

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