Neurovascular compression syndrome of the eighth cranial nerve. Can the site of compression explain the symptoms?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-501

  Ryu, H ^a   Yamamoto, S ^a   Sugiyama, K ^a   Nishizawa, S ^a   Nozue, M ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cochlear nerve; Eighth cranial nerve; Neurovascular compression syndrome; Tinnitus; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYNDROME; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0032969316     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050330     Document Type: Article

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