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Case Reports
. 1983 Sep;33(9):1233-6.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.33.9.1233.

Blink-saccade synkinesis

D S Zee, F C Chu, R J Leigh, P J Savino, N J Schatz, D B Reingold, D G Cogan
Case Reports

Blink-saccade synkinesis

D S Zee et al. Neurology. 1983 Sep.

Abstract

We studied two patients who could make saccades of normal velocity and amplitude only in association with a simultaneous blink. In one patient, the initiation of saccades was also facilitated by blinks. Both patients had signs of cerebellar or brainstem dysfunction, suggesting a posterior fossa localization for blink facilitation of saccadic velocity and amplitude.

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