Nasal muscle F-wave for peri- and intraoperative diagnosis of facial nerve function

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 481-490

  Wedekind, Chr ^b   Klug, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic tumors; Antidromic activation; Facial paresis; Intracranial portion Cerebellopontine angle; Intraoperative monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; NERVE FUNCTION; PONS ANGLE TUMOR;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031732342     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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