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Review
. 2018 Jan;8(1):NP1-NP2.
doi: 10.1177/1941874417690668. Epub 2017 Jan 29.

Convergence Spasm in Wernicke Encephalopathy

Syed Shabbir  1 , Olivia Tong  1 , Lauren Gluck  1 , Matthew Robbins  1
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Review

Convergence Spasm in Wernicke Encephalopathy

Syed Shabbir et al. Neurohospitalist. 2018 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Wernicke encephalopathy; brain diseases; central nervous system infections; cranial nerve diseases; encephalitis; metabolic; ophthalmoplegia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Matthew Robbins serves on the editorial board for Headache and is a section editor for Current Pain and Headache Reports. He has received book royalties for Headache (Neurology in Practice series) from Wiley.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A, Convergence spasm of the left eye was elicited by attempted right horizontal gaze. B, Convergence spasm of the right eye was elicited by attempted left horizontal gaze.
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