Recognizing vertebral artery dissection in children: A case report

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 184-188

  Feudale, Frances ^a   Liebelt, Erica ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar stroke; Headache; Neurologic deficit; Posterior circulation stroke; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 0034095762     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200006000-00014     Document Type: Article

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