Isolated unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy after minor head trauma

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-47

  Kaushik, Vivek ^a   Kelly, Gerard ^b   Richards, Stuart D ^a   Saeed, Shakeel R ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture; Hypoglossal nerve; Occipital condyle; Palsy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036891433     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(02)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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