Painful oculomotor nerve palsy - A presenting sign of internal carotid artery stenosis

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 178-181

  Höllinger, Peter ^a   Sturzenegger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; IIIrd nerve palsy; Internal carotid artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURALGIA; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 2442743105     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015951     Document Type: Article

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