Selective loss of Purkinje cells in transverse and sigmoid dural arteriovenous fistulas: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 617-620

  Tominaga, Teiji ^a   Shamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^b   Watanabe, Mika ^b   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Dementia; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

IOFETAMINE I 123;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037373549     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.3.0617     Document Type: Article

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