Aortic dissection presenting as acute ischemic stroke

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 581-582

  Wright, Violet ^b   Horvath, Rita ^b   Baird, Alison E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0041429542     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000079482.95766.DC     Document Type: Article

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