EXTRAOCULAR-MUSCLE INVOLVEMENT IN BECKER MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY

Authors
SCELSA SN SIMPSON DM REICHLER BD DAI MJ
Citation
Sn. Scelsa et al., EXTRAOCULAR-MUSCLE INVOLVEMENT IN BECKER MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY, Neurology, 46(2), 1996, pp. 564-566
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
564 - 566
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1996)46:2<564:EIIBM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We report limitation of gaze and slow saccadic eye movements by clinic al examination and video-oculography in a patient with Becker muscular dystrophy. This rare association suggests that a dystrophinopathy sho uld be considered in a patient with features characteristic of Becker muscular dystrophy even when mild impairment of eye movements is prese nt.