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Abducens Nerve Palsy

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A 36-year-old male complained of double vision for 1 week. He also reported headache and pulsating tinnitus when asked specific. He denied burry of vision, but reported occasional fever and night sweat recently.

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    Guohong Tian & Xinghuai Sun

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    Chen Zhao

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Abducens nerve neuromyotonia patient during episodes of diplopia: the left eye shows a large angle of exotropia and limitation of adduction; after 20s, the left eye shows normal movement (MP4 240754 kb)

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Tian, G., Sun, X., Zhao, C. (2022). Abducens Nerve Palsy. In: Tian, G., Sun, X. (eds) Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4668-4_19

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