Multiple cerebral infarction from spontaneous synchronous cholesterol emboli;Multiple hirninfarkte durch spontane, synchrone cholesterinembolien

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Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-375

  Muller I ^a   Bockholt, A ^a   Ferbert, A ^a  

^a KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Encephalomalacia; Multiple cholesterol emboli

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORIENTATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FAT EMBOLISM; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN;

AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036952090     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-001-1258-z     Document Type: Article

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