Lateral medullary infarction presenting contralateral palatal paresis

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-242

  Chen, Chien Ming ^a   Huang, Tzu Ying ^a  

^a FENG YUAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Disconnection dysphagia; Lateral medullary infarction; Nucleus ambiguus; Peri ambigual reticular formation; Soft palate paresis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATE DISEASE; PARESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PALATAL MUSCLES; PARESIS;

EID: 58149313936     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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