Ocular neuromyotonia: Differential diagnosis and treatment

Strabismus

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-136

  Roper Hall, Gill ^a   Chung, Sophia M ^a   Cruz, Oscar A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ephaptic transmission; Episodic diplopia; Membrane stabilizing drugs; Oculomotor palsy with cyclic spasms; Superior oblique myokymia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EXCYCLOTROPIA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GAZE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOTROPIA; INFERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MYOKYMIA; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; OCULAR NEUROMYOTONIA; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; SUPERIOR RECTUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878427982     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273972.2013.787635     Document Type: Article

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