The megadolichobasilar artery - A clinical chameleon;Die dolichoectatische basilaris - Ein klinisches chamäleon

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Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-174

  Dziewas, R ^a   Schilling, M ^a   Fallenberg, E M ^a   Allroggen, A ^a   Ludemann P ^a   Henningsen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem infarction; Dolichoectasia; Megadolichobasilar artery

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MEGADOLICHOBASILAR ARTERY; NERVE COMPRESSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EAR, INNER; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0038476215     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00115-002-1461-6     Document Type: Article

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