Pathological laughter as a presenting symptom of trigeminal neurinoma - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 644-646

  Bhatjiwale, Mohinish G ^a   Goel, Atul ^a   Desai, Ketan ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

brain stem; pathological laughter; trigeminal neurinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NEURINOMA; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029784640     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.644     Document Type: Article

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