A case of painful tic convulsif: Discussion of the underlying mechanisms and review of the literature

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 741-745

  Matsushige, Toshinori ^a,b   Ikawa, Fusao ^a   Ohbayashi, Naohiko ^a   Imada, Yasutaka ^a   Ogami, Ryo ^a   Inagawa, Tetsuji ^a  

^a SHIMANE PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b MATSUE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microvascular decompression; Painful tic convulsif; Tortuous vertebrobasilar artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAINFUL TIC CONVULSION; REVIEW; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NEURALGIA; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 4544296074     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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