Bilateral paramedian midbrain infarct: An uncommon variant of the "top of the basilar" syndrome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 742-743

  Spengos, K ^a   Wohrle, J C ^b   Tsivgoulis, G ^a   Stouraitis, G ^a   Vemmos, K ^a   Zis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALERTNESS; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDBRAIN INFARCT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TOP OF THE BASILAR SYNDROME; TREMOR;

EID: 17644416012     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.050146     Document Type: Article

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