Blink reflex in meningomyelocele, with special reference to its usefulness in the evaluation of brainstem dysfunction

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 2-12

  Nishimura, Toshihiko ^a   Mori, Koreaki ^b  

^a General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blink reflex; Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Brainstem dysfunction; Chiari type II malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningomyelocele

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHIARI COMPLEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BLINKING; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; REFLEX;

EID: 0030023230     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00573848     Document Type: Article

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