Neurofibromatosis Type 1 with Basilar Artery Fusiform Aneurysm Manifesting Wallenberg's Syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 948-951

  Mitsui, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nakasaka, Yoshikuni ^a   Akamatsu, Maiko ^a   Ueda, Haruo ^a   Kihara, Mikihiro ^a   Takahashi, Mitsuo ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Basilar artery aneurysm; Vascular fragility

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1;

EID: 0035461873     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.948     Document Type: Article

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