Multiple acute infarcts in the posterior circulation

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-296

  Bernasconi, Andrea ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a   Bassetti, Claudio ^a   Regli, Franco ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute multiple infarcts; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior circulation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROMATOSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0029987965     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.3.289     Document Type: Article

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