Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: Evaluation with CT angiography

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1385-1388

  Vieco, Pedro T ^a,b   Maurin III, Edward E ^a   Gross, Cordell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, abnormalities and anomalies; Computed tomography, three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOLICHOECTASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; ANEURYSM; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031545906     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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