Vascular compression of the trigeminal nerve is a frequent finding in asymptomatic individuals: 3-T MR imaging of 200 trigeminal nerves using 3D CISS sequences

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1081-1088

  Peker, Selçuk ^a   Dinçer, Alp ^a   Necmettin Pamir, M ^a  

^a ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Constructive interference in steady state; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microvascular decompression; Neurovascular compression; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CAUSALITY; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 69249221582     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0329-y     Document Type: Article

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