Absent vestibulo-ocular reflexes and acute supratentorial lesions.

نویسندگان

  • M Rosenberg
  • J Sharpe
  • W F Hoyt
چکیده

Loss of vestibulo-ocular reflexes occurred in two patients with acute supratentorial lesions who received therapeutic doses of anticonvulsant drugs. There was no clinical or angiographic evidence of focal brain-stem damage. Absence of vestibulo-ocular reflexes is attributed to a combination of acute cerebral damage and anticonvulsant drugs. The loss of these reflexes in patients with acute cerebral lesions cannot be interpreted as evidence of irreversible brain-stem injury.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

دوره 38 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1975