Carotid artery thrombosis and stroke after blunt pharyngeal injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 541-543

  Moriarty, Kevin P ^b   Harris, Burton H ^a   Benitez Marchand, Karim ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Pharyngeal injury; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PHENOBARBITAL; WARFARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STROKE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

EID: 0031004790     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199703000-00025     Document Type: Article

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