Peculiar Geometric Alopecia and Trigeminal Nerve Dysfunction in a Patient After Guglielmi Detachable Coil Embolization of a Ruptured Aneurysm

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-42

  Thorat, Jayant Daniel ^a   Hwang, Peter Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

alopecia; coil embolization; fluoroscopy; interventional radiology; Radiation injury; trigeminal nerve dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; PARESTHESIA; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 33846119292     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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