Pharmacologic Treatment of Congenital Nystagmus
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Causes and treatment of congenital eccentric nystagmus.
THE cause of congenital nystagmus has been considered to be as obscure as the disorder is resistant to treatment. This paper contains little hint of value regarding the former but it is believed that it does contain some for the latter. Nystagmus may be divided into the following groups: (1) Visual or fixation nystagmus. (2) Oculomotor or gaze nystagmus. (3) Vestibular nystagmus. The movements ...
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A severe defect of optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) was found in 46 patients with congenital nystagmus. Abnormal patterns of OKN, such as superimposition of pendular oscillations on the optokinetic slow component and inversion of OKN, were observed. Optokinetic gain (eye movement velocity/drum velocity) was decreased compared to that in normal subjects, and optokinetic after-nystagmus, or transient ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.6.916