Coiling of the vertebral artery presenting with neuralgic pain

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-59

  Maiuri, Francesco ^a   Iaconetta, Giorgio ^a   Gallicchio, Biagio ^a   Briganti, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical nerve root; Coiling; Magnetic resonance angiography; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT; NEURALGIA; RADICULAR PAIN; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030993552     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(96)00590-2     Document Type: Article

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