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. 1975 Jan;38(1):6–10. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.38.1.6

Absent vestibulo-ocular reflexes and acute supratentorial lesions1

Michael Rosenberg 1,2, James Sharpe 1, William F Hoyt 1
PMCID: PMC491853  PMID: 1078843

Abstract

Loss of vestibulo-ocular reflexes occurred in two patients with acute supratentorial lesions who received therapeutic doses of anticonvulsant drugs. There was no clinical or angiographic evidence of focal brain-stem damage. Absence of vestibulo-ocular reflexes is attributed to a combination of acute cerebral damage and anticonvulsant drugs. The loss of these reflexes in patients with acute cerebral lesions cannot be interpreted as evidence of irreversible brain-stem injury.

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