Bilateral vertebral artery occlusion following cervical spine trauma

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-32

  Özveren, Faik ^a   Ziyal, Ibrahim M ^b,d   Bejjani, Ghassan K ^b   Yaymaci, Yalçin ^c   Bilge, Turgay ^c  

^a Firat Medical Center   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Taksim Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral vertebral artery occlusion; Cervical subluxation; Stroke; Vertebral artery angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0032905815     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.28     Document Type: Article

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