Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia in Charcot-Marie- Tooth disease: Report of three cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 715-717

  De Matas, Marcus ^a   Francis, Peter ^a   Miles, John B ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Magnetic resonance tomographic angiography; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0034028377     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.4.0715     Document Type: Article

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