Apraxia of eyelid opening after bilateral stereotaxic subthalamotomy

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-123

  Klostermann, Wolfgang ^a   Vieregge, Peter ^a   Kömpf, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apraxia of eyelid opening; Idiopathic torsion dystonia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stereotaxic subthalamotomy; Trihexyphenidyl

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975493866     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-199706000-00009     Document Type: Article

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