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Vertical gaze-evoked nystagmus and internuclear ophthalmoplegia as sole manifestations in paramedian pontine infarction

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  1. Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 194 Dongsan dong, Daegu, 700-712, South Korea

    Hyun-Ah Kim & Hyung Lee

  2. Brain Research Institute, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea

    Hyun-Ah Kim & Hyung Lee

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Supplementary material 1 (M2 V 9599 kb). Video. The patient shows adduction weakness on both lateral gazes and abducting nystagmus on both eyes. He also shows vertical gaze-evoked nystagmus, pronounced on upward gaze

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Kim, HA., Lee, H. Vertical gaze-evoked nystagmus and internuclear ophthalmoplegia as sole manifestations in paramedian pontine infarction. Neurol Sci 35, 1619–1621 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-1808-3

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