Recovery of nerve conduction following microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1641-1646

  Leandri, Massimo ^a,b,c   Eldridge, Paul ^a,b,c   Miles, John ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro Interuniversitario per la Neurofisiologia Del Dolore (CIND)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0031702525     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.6.1641     Document Type: Article

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