Hemilingual spasm: Defining a new entity, its electrophysiological correlates and surgical treatment through microvascular decompression

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 192-195

  Osburn, Leisha L ^a   Møller, Aage R ^b   Bhatt, Jay R ^c   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^c  

^a Clarian Neuroscience   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hemilingual spasm; Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; Microvascular decompression; Motor evoked potentials; Vascular compression

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMILINGUAL SPASM; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; SPASM; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77954121794     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000370596.78384.2B     Document Type: Article

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