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Dynamic Visual Tests to Identify and Quantify Visual Damage and Repair Following Demyelination in Optic Neuritis Patients
Published on: April 14, 2014
[Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome presenting with oculomotor paresis]
R Rafik1, A Bourazza, A Karouache
1Service de Neurologie, HMI MV, Rabat, Maroc.
Revue Neurologique
|December 17, 2004
Abstract:
A 42-year-old patient with a known depressive syndrome developed diplopia. The neurological examination revealed a peripheral neurogenic syndrome with incoordination of the left arm. Biological and radiological findings were in agreement with the diagnosis of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Treatment with corticosteroids was effective.
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