Dolichoectasia of vertebrobasilar system: A rare cause of tic douloureux [1]

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-31

  Singla, Veenu ^a   Modi, Manish ^a   Singh, Paramjit ^a   Khandelwal, N ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR DOLICHOECTASIA; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33845974143     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.29596     Document Type: Letter

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