Lesion patterns and etiology of ischemia in superior cerebellar artery territory infarcts: A diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 283-290

  Kumral, Emre ^a   Kisabay, Ayşin ^a   Ataç, Ceyla ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Superior cerebellar artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18644380704     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084496     Document Type: Article

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