Combined peripheral facial and abducens nerve palsy caused by caudal tegmental pontine infarction

European Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-102

  Roh, Jae Kyu ^a   Kim, Byung Kun ^b   Chung, Jae Myun ^c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abducens nerve; Brainstem infarction; Facial nerve; Pons

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM;

ABDUCENS NERVE; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PONS;

EID: 0033028668     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008011     Document Type: Article

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