The Protective Effect of a Persistent Trigeminal Artery on Brain Stem Infarctions: A Follow-up Case Report

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 334-337

  Ito, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Watanabe, Hirohisa ^b   Niwa, Hisayoshi ^a   Hakusui, Shigetaka ^b   Ando, Tetsuo ^b   Yasuda, Takeshi ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a   Yanagi, Tsutomu ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; Cerebral angiography; Collateral circulation; Good recovery

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032015533     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.334     Document Type: Article

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