Middle cranial fossa schwannoma of the facial nerve [6]

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 396-397

  Shenoy, S N ^a   Munish, G K ^a   Raja, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FACIAL NERVE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CRANIAL FOSSA, MIDDLE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7244258894     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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