Hiccup and neurosurgeons: a report of 4 rare dorsal medullary compressive pathologies and review of the literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-402

  Amirjamshidi, Abbass ^a   Abbassioun, Kazem ^b   Parsa, Khosrow ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranmehr Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Brainstem; Chiari malformation; Ependymoma; Foramen magnum decompression; Hiccup; Medulla; Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; EPENDYMOMA; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA COMPRESSION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SURGEON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; EPENDYMOMA; HICCUP; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA;

EID: 33847660526     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.070     Document Type: Article

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