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A Possible Etiologic Factor

John P. Lee, FRCS

Arch Ophthalmol. 1984;102(8):1178-1179.

Abstract
• Two cases of superior oblique myokymia developed following superior oblique palsy. In some cases the condition may be due to abnormal discharges from the affected trochlear nucleus.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr Lee is now at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 28, 1984.

Reprint requests to Professorial Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road, London ECIV 2PD, England (Dr Lee).

This study was supported in part by the T. C. Frost Charitable Trust, London.

John Flynn, MD, and Joel Glaser, MD, critiqued the manuscript.

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