Positional convergence spasm mimicking benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 681-682

  Gordon, Carlos R ^a,b   Almog, Yehoshua ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84858176282     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318248df04     Document Type: Article

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