title: A simple guide to nystagmus.
abstract: Nystagmus is a potentially mind-boggling subject, as over forty different types are recognized. However, by classifying the various types into a small number of categories, the clinician can make sense of them, and so make use of a very important clinical sign.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lueck
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D020417:Nystagmus, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000145:classification* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009760:Nystagmus, Physiologic