| Affiliation |
(RBD) Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida; (WFH) Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, California |
| OCR Text |
Show --;-----------ni'\fnrFRSfTT OF MIAMI MIAMI,FLORIDA 33152 M01hn9 A-id,.-ss DtPARTMEr/T or NfUR0LOGY SCHOOL or IAEDJCUa: P. 0 BOX 875, BISCAYN[ ANNEX August 19, 1971 Dear Bill, Thanks for the glissade literature. Regarding INO and the "sliding-in" of the medial rectus: This represents a slow (overly damped?) saccade. Glissade should be reserved (I think) for a corrective movement which follows a monocular dysconjugate error during refixations. As such, "glissades" are eye movements which probably can not be detected clinically and requires demonstration by a recording technique. It does seem a shame to preclude such a descriptive term from bedside clinical parlance. Consequently, I hereby give you permission to use the term entirely as an adjective rather than a noun. Consequently, what Weber and Daroff described were "glisssadic corrective movements." What you see at the bedside with an INO is a "glissadic saccade." I hope this meets with your satisfaction. Very truly yours, 6-Y~,;;,-ROBERTB. DAROFF, M.D. A priuatc, independent, international univer,ity An equal opportunity employtr |
