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ISRN Ophthalmology
Volume 2011, Article ID 594848, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/594848
Review Article

Abnormal Head Position in Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome

Susana Noval,1 Mar González-Manrique,2 José María Rodríguez-Del Valle,3 and José María Rodríguez-Sánchez4

1Hospital de La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPaz, 28029 Madrid, Spain
2Hospital de Móstoles, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28935 Madrid, Spain
3Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, 28041 Madrid, Spain
4Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, 28034 Madrid, Spain

Received 1 September 2011; Accepted 13 October 2011

Academic Editors: H. Ahmadieh and A. Berta

Copyright © 2011 Susana Noval et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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