Cerebrovascular abnormalities in a population of children with neurofibromatosis type 1

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 553-555

  Rosser, Tena L ^a,b   Vezina, Gilbert ^a   Packer, Roger J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENOSIS;

EID: 13244281559     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000150544.00016.69     Document Type: Article

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