Benign triton tumor of the trigeminal nerve

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 140-144

  Vajramani, Girish ^a   Devi, Indira ^a   Santosh, Vani ^a   Hegde, Thimappa ^a   Das, B S ^a   Das, Sarala ^a   Shankar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Benign triton tumor; Cranial nerve; Neuromuscular hamartoma; Rhabdomyoma; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVE TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NERVE TISSUE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0032920488     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050353     Document Type: Article

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