Isolated facial and hypoglossal nerve palsies at high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 301-303

  Basnyat, B ^a  

^a NEPAL INTERNATIONAL CLINIC   (Nepal)

Author keywords

altitude illness; Cranial nerve palsy; Hypoxia; Neurological deficit

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; OXYGEN; STEROID;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEPAL; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING;

EID: 0034925712     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702901750265396     Document Type: Article

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