Esmail Jorjani (1042-1137) and his descriptions of trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and Bell's palsy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 431-434

  Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Khalili, Majid ^c   Khodadoost, Kazem ^c   Loukas, Marios ^d   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^d St George's University   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Esmail Jorjani; History; Trigeminal neuralgia; Vascular compression

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; CONFLICT; CRANIAL NERVE; HEADACHE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

BELL PALSY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PERSIA; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 77954979389     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000372088.18260.B1     Document Type: Review

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