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Pediatric Clinical Pearls

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While an in-depth discussion of pediatric neuro-ophthalmology and neuro-otology is beyond the scope of this book, this chapter includes a few clinical pearls for each of the most common and/or characteristic pediatric neuro-visual and vestibular disorders.

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Oculogyric crisis: This is a patient with neuroleptic-induced oculogyric crisis. (Video courtesy of Dr. Stephen Reich) https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r53dvc (MP4 2612 kb)

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Gold, D. (2021). Pediatric Clinical Pearls. In: Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuro-Otology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76875-1_7

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