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1: Pediatr Neurol. 2006 Sep;35(3):229-30.Click here to read Links

Isolated abducens nerve palsy complicating cytomegalovirus infection.

Greco F, Garozzo R, Sorge G.

Department of Pediatrics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. coicoico@hotmail.com

This report describes an immunocompetent 5-year-old female with isolated abducens nerve palsy complicating a cytomegalovirus infection and documented with polymerase chain reaction performed on cerebrospinal fluid; treatment with ganciclovir was associated with rapid clinical improvement. It may be the first report of cytomegalovirus detected in the central nervous system as a cause of isolated abducens nerve palsy.

PMID: 16939868 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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