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Weber syndrome

Weber syndrome (N. of D. Weber, English doctor, 1823-1918; synonym: Vebera-Gyublera-Zhandrena a syndrome – not recommended) – an alternating pedunkulyarny syndrome at which roots of a third cranial nerve, and also a pyramidal way at the level of brain legs are surprised: a combination of the dispersing squint, a mydriasis and a ptosis on the party of the center of defeat with a hemianaesthesia and a hemiparesis or a hemiplegia on the opposite side.

 
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