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An unusual cause of head drops.
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PMID:  20472477     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The presence of vertical ocular motor apraxia should prompt a careful assessment to detect an underlying neurometabolic condition. But congenital vertical ocular motor apraxia is a rare entity that may be attributed to perinatal stroke, hypoxia or kernicterus. We report a case of a 5-year old girl with congenital vertical ocular motor apraxia. Her magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain showed symmetrical high signal in the inferomedial thalamic nuclei in the distribution of the vessel of Percheron, a rare posterior cerebral artery variant. Awareness of this rare cause of childhood stroke may obviate unnecessary investigation.
Authors:
Rakesh Kumar Jain; Philip Anslow; Michael G Pike
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-05-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1532-2130     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Paediatr. Neurol.     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9715169     Medline TA:  Eur J Paediatr Neurol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  78-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© 2010 European Paediatric Neurology Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital, Oxford, UK. drjainrakesh@yahoo.co.in
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