Role of magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography in patients with hemifacial spasm

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-173

  Tan, E K ^a   Chan, L L ^a   Lim, S H ^a   Lim, W E H ^a   Khoo, J B K ^a   Tan, K P ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aetiology of hemifacial spasm; Facial nerve; Root exit zone; Vascular compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033094195     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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