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An internuclear ophthalmoplegia with ipsilateral abduction deficit: half and half syndrome
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- Published on: 28 June 2010
- Published on: 23 June 2010
- Published on: 28 June 2010Half and halfShow More
An one-and-a-half syndrome as first described by C. Miller- Fisher in 1967 is characterized by an ipsilateral horizontal gaze paresis or palsy and an internuclear ophthalmoplegia or INO on contralateral horizontal gaze. An exotropia may be present in primary position but does not have to be present. The association of exotropia in the one-and-a-half syndrome is sometimes called "paralytic pontine exotropia" In addition t...
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None declared. - Published on: 23 June 2010It is One and Half syndrome, not Half and Half syndromeI wish to draw your attention to the effect that the title is erroneous. The condition discussed is ONE AND HALF syndrome and not HALF AND HALF syndrome as proposed by the authors. There is no information in the published literature of existence of a condition called Half and Half syndrome. We are currently in process of submitting an interesting case of ONE and HALF SYNDROME and its response to intavenous immunoglobulins at our S...Show MoreConflict of Interest:
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