Pediatric hemifacial spasm: The efficacy of microvascular decompression

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 238-241

  Levy, Elad I ^a   Resnick, Daniel K ^a   Jannetta, Peter J ^a   Lovely, Thomas ^a   Bissonelte, David J ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve rhizopathy; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031432680     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121260     Document Type: Article

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