Cerebellar Infarction with Hydrocephalus Caused by Spontaneous Extracranial Vertebral Artery Dissection —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 538-541

  Sagoh, Masachika ^a   Hirose, Yuichi ^a   Murakami, Hideki ^a   Katayama, Masateru ^a   Akaji, Kazunori ^a   Mayanagi, Keita ^a  

^a ASHIKAGA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cerebellar infarction; extracranial vertebral artery dissection; hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; OZAGREL; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NYSTAGMUS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030838123     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.37.538     Document Type: Article

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