Acupuncture for ophthalmoplegia

Acupuncture for chronic nonpulsatile tinnitus: A randomized clinical trial

Background: There is challenge to find an effective treatment for tinnitus. Few studies were done on the effects of acupuncture on tinnitus. This study evaluated the effect of acupuncture on chronic non-pulsatile tinnitus. Methods: This randomized double-blind clinical trial was conducted from December 2014 to September 2015. Patients suffering from chronic non-pulsatile tinnitus were randomly...

Experimental internuclear ophthalmoplegia.

A midline experimental lesion separating the medial longitudinal fasciculi at and below the level of the abducens nuclei without damaging either fasciculus at the level of the nuclei has produced defects of ocular motility resembling those of clinical internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Electromyographic recordings during lateral gaze demonstrate: (1) lack of inhibition of the lateral rectus muscle i...

Congenital external ophthalmoplegia.

Abiotrophic ophthalmoplegia externa.

THE various names given to the condition of ptosis and progressive ophthalmoplegia first described by von Graefe (1868), reflect views regarding the undecided aetiology of this condition, e.g. chronic progressive nuclear ophthalmoplegia, ocular myopathy, progressive muscular dystrophy involving the extra-ocular muscles, etc. M6bius (1900) had named the condition "progressive nuclear ophthalmopl...

Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia

S U M M A R Y — Th i s s tudy quantif ies the m a i o r e lect ron m i c r o s c o p i c changes in l imb muscle b iops ies f r o m 31 out of 34 pat ients wi th the s y n d r o m e of ch ron ic p rogress ive external oph tha lmopleg ia . Pat ients w e r e d iv ided into three cl inical g r o u p s — A ) 10 sporad ic cases wi th musc l e weakness o n l y ; B ) 9 familial cases w i t h musc le we...