Spontaneous Nystagmus

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
SN
Pronunciation
/spɒnˈteɪniəs ˈnɪstæɡməs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. All cerebellar hemorrhage model rats showed spontaneous nystagmus.
  2. Results The incidence were 17.3 % for spontaneous nystagmus test, 33.6 % for positional test.
  3. Dynamic changes of vestibular compensation were evaluated by quantitative observations on slow phase eye velocity ( SPEV ) and frequency of spontaneous nystagmus ( SN ), head deviation ( HD ) and postural asymmetries ( PA ) appeared following acute loss of vestibular function.
  4. Results There was spontaneous nystagmus towards non operated side on the 1st postoperative day and no nystagmus to stimuli of sinusoidal angular acceleration in operated side. On the 30th postoperative day, left and right nystagmus returned symmetrical.
  5. Results : In the experimental group, there was one case that had spontaneous nystagmus and 29 cases ( 76.3 % ) with positional nystagmus. POSITIONAL NYSTAGMUS TEST IN VERTIGO PATIENTS

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