Vertebral artery dissection: Issues in diagnosis and management

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-258

  Khurana, D S ^a   Bonnemann, C G ^a   Dooling, E C ^a   Ouellette, E M ^a   Buonanno, F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0029973417     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0887-8994(96)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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