Primary position spontaneous vertical nystagmus; pathophysiology and review of the literature - Upbeat nystagmus, downbeat nystagmus, and alternating vertical nystagmus treated by the authors.
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Primary position upbeat nystagmus in Wernicke's encephalopathy.
for morbid obesity. In the subsequent 4 months, he suffered from recurrent and intense vomiting, losing 40 kg. Asymptomatic hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia were discovered and supplemented. At this time, systematic oral vitamin therapy was begun. One month later, he started to describe blurred vision and vertical oscillopsia. Neurological examination revealed ataxia and nystagmus. Standard biolo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
سال: 1986
ISSN: 1884-4545,0032-6313
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.79.193