Isolated symptomatic stenosis of the middle cerebral artery in younger adults

European Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-70

  Becker, Veit Ulrich ^a   Eckert, Bernd ^a   Thie, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracranial occlusive disease; Middle cerebral artery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0030062445     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117209     Document Type: Article

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