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OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS TEST [1 record]

Record 1 1998-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Eye
OBS

This test is performed by slowly spinning a drum that contains vertical stripes in front of the child and watching his eyes for quick, jerky (nystagmoid) movements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oeil
OBS

Test pour mettre en évidence le nystagmus optocinétique.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Key term(s)
  • test du NOC

Spanish

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