Eye movements, EEG, and fatal anoxic coma
โ Scribed by Stuart R. Stark
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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Patients i n coma may exhibit several different types of spontaneous ocular movements. Three forms of spontaneous vertical movements have been distinguished based on the relative velocities of their downward and upward phases. The pathophysiological basis of all these movements has remained obscure.