Pure alexia and hemianopia related to dissection of the internal carotid artery [3]

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 151-152

  Campos, Cynthia Resende ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b   Massaro, Ayrton Roberto ^b   Scaff, Milberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXIA; ARTERY DISSECTION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ALEXIA, PURE; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANOMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037241983     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067125     Document Type: Letter

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