Presumed pharmacologically induced change from upbeat- to downbeat nystagmus in a patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-72

  Kastrup, O ^a   Maschke, M ^a   Keidel, M ^a   Diener, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Downbeat nystagmus; Upbeat nystagmus; Wernicke' encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; SULFONAMIDE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW HYPOPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LATENT PERIOD; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; BACLOFEN; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 9344268779     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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