Isolated hypesthesia in the right V2 and V3 dermatomes after a midpontine infarction localised at an ipsilateral principal sensory trigeminal nucleus [5]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1508-1509

  Kamitani, T ^a   Kuraiwa, Y ^b   Hidaka, M ^a  

^a Yokohama Miyazaki Hosp Neurosurg   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOME; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LETTER; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLARY NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLARY NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 4644255874     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.038026     Document Type: Letter

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