Pathological laughter in trigeminal schwannoma: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 348-352

  Jagetia, Anita ^a,b   Pratap Kumar, N ^a   Singh, Daljit ^a   Sinha, Sanjiv ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Vijayalakshmi Apptts ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Pathological laughter; Trigeminal schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PONS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 33748631853     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0038-4     Document Type: Article

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