Clinical features and prognosis in young adults with infratentorial infarcts

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 282-289

  Malm, J ^a,b   Kristensen, B ^a   Carlberg, B ^a   Fagerlund, M ^a   Olsson, T ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebellum; Cerebral infarction; Middle age; Pons

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN S;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME; TINNITUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032873399     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015979     Document Type: Article

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