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Pharmacologic testing in Horner's syndrome - a new paradigm.
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PMID:  21081027     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
For more than three decades, topical cocaine has been used to confirm the diagnosis and hydroxyamphetamine to localise the causative lesion in oculosympathetic palsy or Horner's syndrome. More recently, other drugs have demonstrated the ability to point to the diagnosis or anatomical site. Apraclonidine and phenylephrine, given their similar diagnostic efficacy and increased availability, may have superseded cocaine and hydroxyamphetamine as first-line pharmacological testing agents in Horner's syndrome.
Authors:
Derrick P Smit
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-11-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde     Volume:  100     ISSN:  0256-9574     ISO Abbreviation:  S. Afr. Med. J.     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-18     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404520     Medline TA:  S Afr Med J     Country:  South Africa    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  738-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Western Cape, South Africa. dpsmit@sun.ac.za.
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