Surgically created fourth-third cranial nerve communication: Temporary success in a child with bilateral third nerve hamartomas: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 542-545

  Frisén, Lars ^a,b   Von Essen, Claes ^a   Roos, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nerve regeneration; Neural communication; Oculomotor nerve; Trochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0033004056     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.90.3.0542     Document Type: Article

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