Vertebral body infarction as a confirmatory sign of spinal cord ischemic stroke: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 239-243

  Faig, Jochen ^a   Busse, Otto ^b   Salbeck, Rainer ^b  

^a Weserbergland Klinik   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord stroke; Vertebral body infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; HEPARIN; PREDNISONE; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0031974374     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.1.239     Document Type: Article

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