A rare cause for visual symptoms in multiple sclerosis: posterior internuclear ophthalmoplegia of Lutz, a historical misnomer

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 600-602

  Nij Bijvank, J A ^a,b   Balk, L J ^a   Tan, H S ^b   Uitdehaag, B M J ^a   van Rijn, L J ^b   Petzold, A ^a,b,c  

^a VU University Medical Center ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED OCULOGRAPHY; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA OF LUTZ; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VERSIONAL DYSCONJUGACY INDEX; VISUAL DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PONS; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012298932     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-017-8412-4     Document Type: Letter

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