Combined cerebellar and bilateral cervical posterior spinal artery stroke demonstrated on MRI

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 143-147

  Reich, P ^a   Muller Schunk S ^a   Liebetrau, M ^a   Scheuerer, W ^a   Bruckmann H ^a   Hamann, G F ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI, diffusion weighted; Posterior spinal artery; Spinal cord stroke; Vertebral artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037241896     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067143     Document Type: Article

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