Brainstem infarction presenting with neurogenic stuttering

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 884-887

  Doi, Mitsuru ^c   Nakayasu, Hiroyuki ^c   Soda, Takao ^a   Shimoda, Kotaro ^a   Ito, Aki ^a   Nakashima, Kenji ^b  

^a National Tottori Medical Center   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute multiple brain infarction; Brainstem infarction; Midbrain; Neurogenic stuttering; Palilalia; Periaqueductal gray matter

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; RETICULAR FORMATION; STUTTERING;

EID: 0141927398     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.884     Document Type: Article

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