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A dysequilibrium syndrome marked by the displacement of vertical and horizontal axes. The condition is induced by looking with the affected eye only, is further aggravated by applying red filters to the eye and is corrected by blue filters. Not to be confused with the disequilibrium syndrome. Major features are the postural abnormalities manifested by unilateral displacement and sensory disturbancess in the form of altered perception. A wide variety of congenital abnormalities, including mental retardation, cerebral palsy, retarded motor development, and muscle hypotonia may be observed in most cases.

Bibliography

L. Halpern:
The syndrome of sensimotor induction in disturbed equilibrium.
   Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Chicago, 1949, 62: 330-354.

L. Halpern:
Das Syndrom der sensorimotorischen Induktion.
  Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie, 1969, 103: 1-23.

M. Feinsod, R. J. Cannon, W. F. Hoyt:
Acute transient monocular disequilibrium (Halpern's syndrome).
  Israel journal of medical sciences 11(8):829 (1975) PMID 1165178

E. Bental, G. D. Hammond-Tooke:
Vertigo and drop attacks caused by acute transient monocular disequilibrium (
   Halpern's syndrome).
Journal of Neurology, Berlin, 1979, 222: 59-66.

B. Hagberg, G. Sanner and M. Steen:
The dysequilibrium syndrome in cerebralpalsy. Clinical aspects and treatment.
   Acta Pædiatrica Scandinavica, Stockholm, 1972, 61 (supplement 226): 1-63.

Stanley Jablonski:
• Jablonski’s Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic diseases.
  Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 1991.

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