Bilateral Vertebral Artery Dissection and Its Chronological Changes Detected by MR Angiography: A Case Report

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-250

  Funaki, Takeshi ^a   Oshimoto, Takeshi ^d   Wataya, Takafumi ^d   Yoshida, Kazumichi ^d   Hojo, Masato ^b   Chin, Masaki ^d   Goto, Yasunobu ^c   Yamagata, Sen ^d  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAKAMATSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Dissection; Magnetic resonance angiography; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DEXTRANS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 1942422187     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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