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A young man with vertical diplopia and Bielschowsky sign: isotretinoin-induced extraocular myopathy

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  1. Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, 15 Vasco de Quiroga, 14050, Mexico City, CDMX, México

    Erwin Chiquete, Luis Lee-Chen, José Aceves-Buendía, Eduardo Ruiz-Ruiz, Tatiana Bliskunova, Jennefer Portillo-Valle, Elizabeth Rodríguez-Perea, Salvador Durán-Coyote, Liz Toapanta-Yanchapaxi, Emmanuel Aguilar-Salas, Guillermo García-Ramos & Carlos Cantú-Brito

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Conceptualization: EC, LL-C. Data curation: JA-B, ER-R, TB, JP-V, SD-C, FF-V. Formal analysis: EC, LT-Y, PT-R. Supervision: FF-V, GG-R, CC-B. Writing—original draft: EC, LL-C. Writing—review and editing: EC, GG-R, CC-B.

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Chiquete, E., Lee-Chen, L., Aceves-Buendía, J. et al. A young man with vertical diplopia and Bielschowsky sign: isotretinoin-induced extraocular myopathy. Acta Neurol Belg 123, 627–629 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-022-01911-6

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