Time Course of Symptom Disappearance after Microvascular Decompression for Hemifacial Spasm
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Oh, Eun-Tak
(Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine)
Kim, Eun-Young (Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine) Hyun, Dong-Keun (Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine) Yoon, Seung-Hwan (Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine) Park, Hyeon-Seon (Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine) Park, Hyung-Chun (Department of Neurosurgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine) |
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