Arterial hypertension in patients with left primary hemifacial spasm is associated with neurovascular compression of the left rostral ventrolateral medulla

European Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 150-155

  Nakamura, Tomomi ^a   Osawa, Mikio ^a   Uchiyama, Shinichiro ^a   Iwata, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemifacial spasm; Hypertension; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurovascular compression; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33847728341     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098466     Document Type: Article

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