Bilateral Traumatic Abducens Nerve Palsy Associated With Skull Base Fracture -Case Report-
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A case of traumatic bilateral abducens and unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy
PATIENT Female, 47 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Traumatic bilateral abducens • unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy SYMPTOMS Diplopia Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Neurology Objective: Rare disease. BACKGROUND Incidence of unilateral abducens palsy from head trauma has been reported to be as high as 1% to 2.7%, but bilateral abducens nerve palsy is extremely rare. CASE REPORT We presen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.307