Hypogeusia and hearing loss in a patient with an inferior collicular infarction

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1840-1841

  Cerrato, P ^a   Lentini, A ^a,c   Baima, C ^a   Grasso, M ^a   Azzaro, C ^a   Bosco, G ^a   Destefanis, E ^a   Benna, P ^a   Bergui, M ^a   Bergamasco, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Department of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOGEUSIA; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGEUSIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TONGUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGEUSIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; FACE; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HUMANS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33645049363     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000187083.90889.72     Document Type: Article

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