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Divergence pseudoparalysis: a case report.

M Nardi·G Dal Pozzo·A Romani·L Barca
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Divergence paralysis is a clinical syndrome that is characterized by esotropia and diplopia at distance fixation and fusion at near fixation. This syndrome is thought to result from a lesion in the brain stem, probably in the midbrain or in the pontine region. This paper reports a case in which ocular motility disturbances, simulating divergence paralysis, were caused by a bilateral and symmetrical restrictive syndrome involving the medial rectus muscles.

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M Nardi, G Dal Pozzo, A Romani, L Barca. 1986. Divergence pseudoparalysis: a case report.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02150032

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