Chiari i malformation as a cause of trigeminal neuralgia: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Papanastassiou, Alexander M ^a   Schwartz, Richard B ^b   Friedlander, Robert M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Longwood MRI Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation diagnosis; Arnold Chiari malformation surgery; Decompression; Trigeminal neuralgia diagnosis; Trigeminal neuralgia surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; HOT WATER;

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 65849527183     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000324726.93370.5C     Document Type: Article

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