Hemifacial spasm caused by cross type vascular compression

Neurological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 965-969

  Zheng, Xuesheng ^a   Feng, Baohui ^a   Zhang, Wenchuan ^b   Ying, Tingting ^a   Li, Shiting ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Cranial Nerve Disease Center of Shanghai   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery; Hemifacial spasm; Microvascular decompression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MALE; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 80855150841     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132811Y.0000000021     Document Type: Article

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