Hemifacial Spasm Due to a Large Distant Ipsilateral Posterior Fossa Meningioma

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Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-45

  Harrison, Gregory S ^a   Chovan, Peter ^b   Lee, Joung H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fakultna nemocnica s poliklinikou FD Roosevelta Banska Bystrica   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034067187     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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