• DOI:10.1177/088307388800300305
Corpus ID: 38127378

Benign Paroxysmal Tonic Upgaze of Childhood

@article{Ouvrier1988BenignPT,
  title={Benign Paroxysmal Tonic Upgaze of Childhood},
  author={R. Ouvrier and F. Billson},
  journal={Journal of Child Neurology},
  year={1988},
  volume={3},
  pages={177 - 180}
}

R. Ouvrier, F. Billson

Published 1988

Psychology, Medicine

Journal of Child Neurology

Four cases of an apparently benign ocular motor syndrome of childhood are reported. The features of the disorder are: (1) onset in early life; (2) periods of constant or variably sustained tonic conjugate upward deviation of the eyes; (3) down-beating saccades in attempted downgaze, which are difficult to sustain below the neutral positions; (4) apparently normal horizontal eye movements; (5) frequent relief by sleep; (6) otherwise normal neurological findings apart from mild ataxia, chronic in… CONTINUE READING

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