Bilateral traumatic hypoglossal nerve transection in a blast injury

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 464-465

  Shahzadi, Sohrab ^a   Abouzari, Mehdi ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Hypoglossal; Transection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SURAL NERVE;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MASTICATION; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPEECH DISORDERS; SURAL NERVE; TONGUE;

EID: 34648820614     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.10.064     Document Type: Article

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