Lesson of the week: Carotid dissection causing stroke in a child with migraine

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7076, 1997, Pages 291-

  Ganesan, V ^a   Kirkham, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0031022217     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7076.291     Document Type: Article

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