Posterior cervical spinal cord infarction following vertebral artery dissection

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1112-1115

  Bergqvist, Christina A G ^a   Goldberg, Herbert I ^a   Thorarensen, Olafur ^a   Bird, Shawn J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INFARCTION; MALE; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030898648     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.48.4.1112     Document Type: Article

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