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Abstract
Involuntary rhythmical movements of the eyes in the normal person. These can be naturally occurring as in end-position (end-point, end-stage, or deviational) nystagmus or induced by the optokinetic drum (NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC), caloric test, or a rotating chair.
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- Nystagmus, Physiologic
- Nystagmus, Physiological
- Physiological Nystagmus
- Nystagmus, Barany
- Nystagmus, Barany's
- Nystagmus, Caloric
- Nystagmus, End-Position
- Nystagmus, Positional
- Nystagmus, Post-Rotatory
- Nystagmus, Thermal
- Barany Nystagmus
- Barany's Nystagmus
- Caloric Nystagmus
- End-Position Nystagmus
- Nystagmus, Baranys
- Nystagmus, End Position
- Nystagmus, Post Rotatory
- Positional Nystagmus
- Post-Rotatory Nystagmus
- Thermal Nystagmus
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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Indexing Annotation
note category: NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC and NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL are available for the disease
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History Note
83; NYSTAGMUS, BARANY was NYSTAGMUS, BARANY'S 1993-97
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- Eye Movements (1966-1982)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Physiologic Nystagmus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009760. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009760
- Physiologic Nystagmus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystagmus
- Physiologic Nystagmus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220989