Altered vision during motion: An unusual symptom of cerebellar dysfunction, quantifiable by a simple clinical test

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 791-796

  Kaeser, Pierre François ^a   Borruat, François Xavier ^a  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cerebellar disorder; dynamic visual acuity; oculomotility; vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR DYSFUNCTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; ROTATION; SACCADES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78349300855     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01544.x     Document Type: Article

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