Intracranial arterial dolichoectasia is associated with enlarged descending thoracic aorta

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2016-2021

  Pico, F ^a   Labreuche, J ^b,c   Cohen, A ^d   Touboul, P J ^b,c   Amarenco, P ^b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Form de Rech en Neurol Vasculaire   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 10444232910     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000145845.12577.0F     Document Type: Article

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