Erschienen in:
01.01.2007 | LETTER TO THE EDITORS
Upbeat nystagmus due to a caudal medullary lesion and influenced by gravity
verfasst von:
Charles Pierrot-Deseilligny, Wael Richeh, Francis Bolgert
Erschienen in:
Journal of Neurology
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Ausgabe 1/2007
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Excerpt
Sirs: Upbeat nystagmus in the primary position of gaze, due to a caudal medullary lesion, is relatively rare since only about ten well-documented cases have been reported so far [
7,
9]. While it is known that gravity often influences vertical nystagmus in general, there have been some contradictory findings on the effect of head position on this form of nystagmus [
2,
3,
6]. We report a case in which this point was specifically studied. …