Bilateral traumatic abducens nerve palsy associated with skull base fracture - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 307-309

  Katsuno, Makoto ^a,b   Yokota, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral abducens nerve palsy; Head trauma; Posterior clinoid process

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE INJURY; ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547469556     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.307     Document Type: Article

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