Basilar artery dissection

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 476-481

  Yoshimoto, Yuhei ^a   Hoya, Katsumi ^a   Tanaka, Yoshihiro ^a   Uchida, Takanori ^a  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Dissection; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CASE REPORT; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 16244406596     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.3.0476     Document Type: Article

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