Traumatic dissection of the internal carotid artery as unusual cause of hypoglossal nerve dysfunction

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-54

  Lemmerling, M ^a   Crevits, L ^a   Defreyne, L ^a   Achten, E ^a   Kunnen, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carotid artery dissection; Computed tomography; Hypoglossal nerve dysfunction; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0030025213     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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