Carotid dissection associated with a handheld electric massager

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1262-1263

  Grant, Arthur C ^a,b   Wang, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissection; Internal carotid artery; Massage; Stroke; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTRIC MASSAGER; FEMALE; FORCE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SHEAR FLOW; STROKE;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; NECK;

EID: 10844260743     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000145391.86504.CC     Document Type: Article

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