Tethering of the vertebral artery in the congenital arcuate foramen of the atlas vertebra: A possible cause of vertebral artery dissection in children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 491-496

  Cushing, K E ^c   Ramesh, V ^c   Gardner Medwin, D ^a   Todd, N V ^a   Gholkar, A ^a   Baxter, P ^b   Griffiths, P D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATLAS; BRAIN; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCELE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; STROKE; TRAUMATOLOGY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0034945021     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2001.tb00749.x     Document Type: Article

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