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on cranial nerve exam, doc clearly says "equal

Posted By: vn on 2009-06-26
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Subject: on cranial nerve exam, doc clearly says "equal

ocular motion is intact" - I'm assuming she made a mistake, but want to verify that this isn't a valid term - "equal ocular" ??


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