Multiple Cerebral Infarcts Caused by Emboli from Carotid Atheroma—A Case Confirmed by Indium-111 Platelet Scintigraphy—

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 159-161

  Hidemitsu, Nakagawa ^a   Shin, Nakajima ^a   Yoshikazu, Nakajima ^a   Yoshihiro, Furuta ^a   Yoshinari, Isaka ^b   Akira, Uehara ^c   Kazufumi, Kimura ^c   Masayasu, Matsumoto ^d  

^a CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^c Division of Neuroanatomy (D12)   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotid atherosclerosis; cerebral infarction; indium 111 platelets; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE IN 111;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MALE; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMAN; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0025880362     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.31.159     Document Type: Article

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