Ocular tilt reaction with vertical eye movement palsy caused by localized unilateral midbrain lesion

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-42

  Ohashi, Tsutomu ^a   Fukushima, Kikuro ^a   Chin, Shinki ^a   Harada, Takayuki ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhiko ^a   Akino, Minoru ^b   Matsuda, Hidehiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Azabu Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial nucleus of cajal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ocular tilt reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975465282     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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