Vertebral artery dissection in children: A comprehensive review

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 168-177

  Hasan, Izhar ^a   Wapnick, Simon ^a   Tenner, Michael S ^a   Couldwell, William T ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Antiplatelet therapy; Arterial dissection; Cervical anomaly; Children; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ATAXIA; ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NECK; NECK PAIN; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPORT; SYMPTOM; VOMITING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RISK FACTORS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 0036418878     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065391     Document Type: Review

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