Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Characterizes Multiple Sclerosis Rather Than Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease

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Identifier 20210222_nanos_posters_108
Title Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Characterizes Multiple Sclerosis Rather Than Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease
Creator Basheer Alas, Mahmoud Hamza, Michael Robers, Lilyana Amezcua, Kimberly Gokoffski
Subject Neuro-ophth & Systemic Disease (eg. MS, MG, Thyroid); Ocular Motility; Higher Visual Functions
Description Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) share clinical presentations including brainstem syndromes. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) is characterized by paresis of ipsilateral eye adduction in horizontal gaze. It usually corresponds to a lesion in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) and is commonly seen in MS. However, it is unclear if INO is as common in NMOSD.
Date 2021-02
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2021 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS Annual Meeting 2021: Poster Session III: Neuro-Ophthalmic Disorders of Neurologic and Systemic Diseases
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2021. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s69h1hj7
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Basheer Alas
Contributor Secondary Mahmoud Hamza, Michael Robers, Lilyana Amezcua, Kimberly Gokoffski
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1675899
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69h1hj7
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