Cerebellar mutism after basilar artery occlusion -Case report-

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 569-573

  Nishikawa, Misao ^a   Komiyama, Masaki ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Yasui, Toshihiro ^a   Nakajima, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Cerebellum; Fibrinolysis; Mutism; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUTISM; SPEECH DISORDER;

EID: 0031709545     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.38.569     Document Type: Article

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