Clinical course of patients with ophthalmoplegia caused by radiographically detectable brainstem demyelination occurring as a clinically isolated demyelinating syndrome

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-238

  Pula, John H ^a   Brock, Kyle ^b   Kattah, Jorge C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TEGMENTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052235199     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31821a4851     Document Type: Article

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