Zebra Card EY-603: persistent nystagmus

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	Patient with rapid, rhythmic nystagmus at all times who complains of apparent motion of objects
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	occupational nystagmus
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	Popular treatment of several mine-related diseases, including miner's nystagmus. The founder of Britain's National Health Service, a Welshman named Aneurin Bevan, had miner's nystagmus. [101]

	(1a)	Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 9-1988. A 57-year-old woman with worsening opsoclonus. N Engl J Med 1988 Mar 3;318(9):563-70. Pubmed Similars
	(1b)	Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Stedman TL. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1976. Amazon.com
	(2)	Introduction to Clinical Neurology. Holmes G. London: Churchill Livingstone, 1968: 116-117.
	(3a)	Occupational Eye Diseases and Injury. Minton J. London: William Heinemann, 1949: 99-107.
	(3b)	Clinical report on miners' nystagmus. Campbell DA. Br J Ophthalmol. 1948;32:193-198.
	(3c)	The dark adaptation of coal miners suffering from nystagmus. Sharpley FW. Br J Ophthalmol. 1948;32:199-204.
	(3d)	A comparison of dark adaptation in miners with their nutritional state. Campbell DA, Tonks E. Br J Ophthalmol. 1948;32:205-208.
	(3e)	The psychiatric aspect of miners' nystagmus -- I. Stern ES. Br J Ophthalmol. 1948;32:209-224.
	(3f)	A comparison of dark adaptation with the psychological state in miners. Campbell DA. Br J Ophthalmol. 1948;32:225-226.
	(3g)	Binocular vision in miners. Campbell DA, et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1948;32:226-232.

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