Pathological laughter as a presenting symptom of acoustic schwannoma: Report of two cases

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 384-386

  Muzumdar, D P ^a   Goel, A ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic schwannoma; Brainstem; Pathological laughter

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037495916     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00027-4     Document Type: Article

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