Carotid artery dissections presenting as isolated posterior cerebral artery infarctions

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 244, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 324-327

  Küker, Wilhelm ^a   Mull, Michael ^a   Block, Frank ^a   Thron, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Dissection; Infarction; Posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0030943924     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050095     Document Type: Article

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