Patterns of pontine strokes mimicking Bell's palsy

BMC Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Min, Young Gi ^a   Jung, Keun Hwa ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ophthalmoplegia; Peripheral type facial paralysis; Pons; Stroke; Stroke, lacunar

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; DYSARTHRIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GAIT DISORDER; GAZE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LACUNAR STROKE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PONTINE TEGMENTUM; VOMITING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONTINE TEGMENTUM; STROKE;

EID: 85071535418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-019-1440-1     Document Type: Article

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