Bilateral facial nerve enhancement demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging in guillain-barre syndrome

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-433

  Yardimci, Nilgul ^a   Avci, Aynur Yilmaz ^b   Kayhan, Esra ^b   Benli, Sibel ^b  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Facial diplegia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD NERVE BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE BLOCK; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 70349652040     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0120-0     Document Type: Article

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