Ocular Oscillations

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Identifier 19780215_nanos_varsubjectssympos1_04
Title Ocular Oscillations
Creator Robert B. Daroff, MD, Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine, CASE Western Reserve University, University Hospitals - Case Medical Center
Subject Ocular Oscillations; Brain Stem Dysfunction; Cerebellar Dysfunction; See-Saw Nystagmus; Convergence-Retraction Nystagmus; Down-Beat Nystagmus; Ocular Myoclonus; Ocular Bobbing; Superior Oblique Myokymia; Cerebellar System; Square Wave Jerk; Macro Square Wave Jerks, Macro Saccadic Oscillations, Ocular Dysmetria; Ocular Hutter; Opsoclonus
Description A variety of abnormal ocular oscillations consequent to brain stem and cerebellar dysfunction are described. The brain stem eye signs include: see-saw nystagmus, convergence-retraction nystagmus, down-beat nystagmus, ocular myoclonus, ocular bobbing, and superior oblique myokymia. The "cerebellar system" eye signs discussed are five varieties of nystagmus, square wave and macro square wave jerks, macro saccadic oscillations, ocular dysmetria and Hutter, and opsoclonus.
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1978 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1978: Various Subjects Symposium (Session 1)
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 1978. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6k391ck
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 183794
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k391ck
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