Peripheral Type Facial Palsy in a Patient with Dorsolateral Medullary Infarction with Infranuclear Involvement of the Caudal Pons

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 263-265

  Park, Jong Ho ^a   Yoo, Han Uk ^a   Shin, Hyung Woo ^a  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

corticobulbar tract; facial palsy; infarction; Lateral medullar; peripheral type

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DORSOLATERAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL TYPE FACIAL PALSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PONS; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STROKE; TEGMENTUM; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49949107352     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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