Disequilibrium in patients with atherosclerosis: Relevance of pontine ischemic rarefaction

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 570-573

  Kwa, Vincent I H ^a   Zaal, Laura H ^b   Verbeeten Jr , Bernard ^b   Stam, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATING SCALE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0031754190     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.2.570     Document Type: Article

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