Hypoglossal nerve palsy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 614-619

  King, Ann D ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^b   Teo, Peter ^b   Lam, Wynnie W m ^a   Chan, Yu Leung ^a   Metreweli, Constantine ^a  

^a Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hypoglossal nerve; MR imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiation induced nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PARALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032845418     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199910)21:7<614::AID-HED5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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