Endovascular embolectomy of acute basilar artery occlusion

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1421-1423

  Yu, Wengui ^a,b   Binder, D ^b   Foster Barber, A ^a   Malek, R ^b   Smith, W S ^a   Higashida, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DYSARTHRIA; EMBOLECTOMY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0345305693     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.61.10.1421     Document Type: Article

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