Dissection of the superior cerebellar artery: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-199

  Gotoh, Hisaharu ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^a   Ezura, Masayuki ^a   Tominaga, Teiji ^a  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Cerebral infarction; Posterior circulation; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; Superior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 1342346728     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(03)00136-X     Document Type: Article

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