F-wave in patients with hemifacial spasm: Observations during microvascular decompression operations

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 2-8

  Ishikawa, Mami ^a   Ohira, Takayuki ^a   Namiki, Jun ^a   Ishihara, Masayuki ^a   Takase, Moriichiro ^a   Toya, Shigeo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anesthesia; electrophysiology; F wave; Hemifacial spasm; late responses; lateral spread

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0030047959     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740368     Document Type: Article

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