Traumatic tear of the basilar artery associated with vertebral column injuries

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Sato, Yasunori ^a   Kondo, Toshikazu ^a   Ohshima, Tohru ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

hyperextension of the head; tear of the basilar artery; traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage; vertebral dislocations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; FALLING; HUMAN; MALE; SPINE INJURY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031006318     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199706000-00004     Document Type: Article

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