Trigeminal neuralgia associated with contralateral cerebellar arteriovenous malformation: Case illustration

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1318-

  Sato, Kenichi ^a   Jokura, Hidefumi ^a   Shirane, Reizo ^a   Akabane, Tetsuya ^a   Karibe, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Microvascular decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0038187784     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.6.1318     Document Type: Article

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