Persistent primitive trigeminal artery presenting with weber's syndrome: Report of a case with three-dimensional CT angiographic evaluations

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-318

  Shioya, Hitoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Kenji ^a   Suda, Yoshitaka ^a   Shindo, Kenjiro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA); Three dimensional CT angiography(SD CTA); Weber's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIGEMINUS ARTERY;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034012230     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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