High-intensity facial nerve lesions on T2-weighted images in chronic persistent facial nerve palsy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 388-392

  Kinoshita, T ^a,b   Ishii, K ^a   Okitsu, T ^a   Ogawa, T ^b   Okudera, T ^c  

^a SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nerve; Palsy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035022835     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340000385     Document Type: Article

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