Midbrain infarction: Associations and aetiologies in the New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation Registry

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 392-395

  Martin, P J ^a   Chang, H M ^b   Wityk, R ^c   Caplan, L R ^b  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infarction; Midbrain; Vertebrobasilar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031947284     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.3.392     Document Type: Article

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