An uncommon cause of stroke in young adults

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1018-1020

  Van Putten, Michael J A M ^a   Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Smit, Vincent T H B M ^a   Aarts, Nico J M ^a   Lammers, Gert Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032854764     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.8.1018     Document Type: Article

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