The stenoses at the terminal portion of the internal carotid artery improved after initiation of antithyroid therapy: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 379-383

  Wakamoto, Hirooki ^a   Ishiyama, Naomi ^b   Miyazaki, Hiromichi ^b   Shinoda, Atsuo ^b   Tomita, Hideyuki ^b  

^a Hiratsuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basedow disease; Moyamoya disease; Stenoses; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; THYROID CRISIS;

ADULT; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; METHIMAZOLE;

EID: 0034038335     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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