Kernohan's notch phenomenon in chronic subdural hematoma: MRI findings

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 989-992

  Moon, Kyung Sub ^a   Lee, Jung Kil ^a   Joo, Sung Pil ^a   Kim, Tae Sun ^a   Jung, Shin ^a   Kim, Jae Hyoo ^a   Kim, Soo Han ^a   Kang, Sam Suk ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic subdural hematoma; Ipsilateral hemiparesis; Kernohan's notch; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

AGED; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRANIOTOMY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; PARESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548278783     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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