Hemifacial spasm due to posterior fossa tumors: The impact of tumor location on electrophysiological findings

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-111

  Glocker, F X ^a   Krauss, J K ^a   Deuschl, G ^b   Seeger, W ^a   Lucking C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ephapse; Facial nerve; Magnetic stimulation; Neurography

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPHAPSE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0031822622     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(98)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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