Computed tomographic analysis of hemifacial spasm: Narrowing of the posterior fossa as a possible facilitating factor for neurovascular compression

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 532-534

  Kamiguchi, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Ohira, Takayuki ^a   Ochiai, Masato ^a   Kawase, Takeshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hemifacial spasm; Pathogenesis; Posterior fossa narrowness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PETROUS BONE; PONS; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030913722     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.62.5.532     Document Type: Article

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