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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul 24:7:491.
doi: 10.7916/D85X2N2D. eCollection 2017.

Oculogyric Crises

Marianne Solberg  1 , Jeanette Koht  1   2
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Case Reports

Oculogyric Crises

Marianne Solberg et al. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). .

Abstract

Background: Oculogyric crises are involuntary movements of the eyeballs and can occur due to different etiologies.

Phenomenology shown: This video abstract shows a man with oculogyric crises due to side effect of neuroleptics.

Educational value: Oculogyric crises are easy to recognize if once seen.

Keywords: Neurology; basal ganglia; drug-induced dystonia; dystonia; oculogyric crises.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding: None. Conflicts of Interest: The authors report no conflict of interest. Ethics Statement: The patient that appears on video has provided written informed consent; authorization for the videotaping and for publication of the videotape was provided.

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