A rare case of hypoglossal nerve palsy complicating a head injury

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 427-429

  Shweikh, A M ^a   Al Atrakchi, S ^a  

^a Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerocoele; Fracture base of skull; Hypoglossal (XIIth) cranial nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGEUSIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; SKULL FRACTURE; SLURRED SPEECH; TONGUE;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PARESIS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031736383     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.6.427     Document Type: Article

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