High-resolution MRI identifies basilar artery plaques in paramedian pontine infarct

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 551-552

  Klein, Isabelle F ^a   Lavallée, Philippa C ^a   Schouman Claeys, Elisabeth ^a   Amarenco, Pierre ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 13244291300     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000150543.61244.06     Document Type: Article

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