Abducens Nerve Palsy Caused by Basilar Impression Associated with Atlanto-occipital Assimilation: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 363-366

  Hirose, Yuichi ^a   Sagoh, Masachika ^a   Mayanagi, Keita ^a   Murakami, Hideki ^a  

^a ASHIKAGA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

abducens nerve palsy; atlanto occipital assimilation; basilar impression; posterior decompression

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SPINE MALFORMATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLATYBASIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031863810     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.363     Document Type: Article

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