Crossover trial of gabapentin and memantine as treatment for acquired nystagmus

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 676-680

  Thurtell, Matthew J ^a,b   Joshi, Anand C ^a   Leone, Alice C ^a   Tomsak, Robert L ^a,b   Kosmorsky, Gregory S ^c   Stahl, John S ^a   Leigh, R John ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MEMANTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JERK NYSTAGMUS; LETHARGY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NYSTAGMUS; OCULOPALATAL TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREMOR; UNSTEADINESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AMINES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MEMANTINE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC;

EID: 77951743357     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21991     Document Type: Article

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