Pulse-synchronous torsional pendular nystagmus in unilateral superior canal dehiscence.

Neurology

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Abbott Hall, 11th floor, Chicago, IL 60611-3078, USA.

Published: April 2008

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