Palatal myoclonus associated with compression of the brain stem by an ectatic vertebral artery

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 418-419

  Brown, Sheldon R ^a,b   Walsh, Sally A ^a,b  

^a Carl T Hayden Vet Aff Med Center ^*

^b CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCLONUS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATE MYOCLONUS; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 2442502472     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300515     Document Type: Article

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