Sixth Nerve Palsy
Association of systemic hypertension with sixth nerve palsy is coincidental
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 4th, 2005
"Diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension are frequently reported as ischemic causes of nerve palsy/paresis, but there are few rigorous studies to support these associations. We conducted a population-based case-control study to determine the presence and magnitude of any association of diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension with isolated sixth nerve palsy," researchers in the United States reported in a recent issue of Opthalmology.
S.V. Patel and colleagues, Mayo Clinic & Mayo Foundation expalined, "Participants were patients with new onset of...
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