'Top-of-the-basilar' syndrome and Chagas' disease;Síndrome de la oclusíon rostral de la arteria basilar y enfermedad de Chagas

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-341

  Carod Artal, Francisco Javier ^a   Vargas, A P ^a   Melo, M ^a   Fernandes da Silva, T V ^a  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

'Top of the basilar' syndrome; Chagas' disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 1842856258     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3504.2002330     Document Type: Article

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