Basilar artery stenosis mimicking the lacunar syndrome of pure motor hemiparesis

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-162

  Chan, David K ^b   Silver, Frank L ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037834499     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100053452     Document Type: Article

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