Trigeminal neuralgia caused by compression from petrosal vein transfixing the nerve

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-438

  Kimura, Teruo ^a,b   Sako, K ^a   Tohyama, Y ^a   Yonemasu, Y ^a  

^a Noriyama Hospital   (Japan)

^b Noriyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PETROSAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032904065     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050321     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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