Superior oblique myokymia caused by vascular compression

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-239

  Hashimoto, Masato ^a   Ohtsuka, Kenji ^a   Suzuki, Yasuo ^a   Minamida, Yoshihiro ^a   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ARTERY; CRANIOTOMY; FLOW IMAGING USING STEADY ACQUISITION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MYOKYMIA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOILED GRADIENT RECALLED ACQUISITION IN THE STEADY STATE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 4444253770     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200409000-00012     Document Type: Article

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