Delayed posttraumatic middle cerebral artery vasospasm demonstrated by magnetic resonance angiography: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-156

  Yamada, Kazumichi ^a   Harada, Mikio ^b   Hasegawa, Shu ^a   Ushio, Yukitaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kumamoto Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Head injury; Magnetic resonance angiography; Middle cerebral artery; Subdural hematoma; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREPHINING;

EID: 0031862573     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199807000-00101     Document Type: Article

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