Facial nerve injury caused by vestibular Schwannoma compression: Severity and adaptation to maintain normal clinical facial function

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 763-769

  Axon, Patrick R ^a,b   Ramsden, Richard T ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Westgate Hale   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conductor block; Facial nerve; Vestibular Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE SPROUTING; NEURINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; EAR NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033491558     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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