Arterial dissection and stroke following child abuse: Case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 416-420

  Agner, Celso ^a   Weig, Spencer G ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissection; Internal carotid; Stroke; Trauma; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; WARFARIN;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEIZURE; VITRECTOMY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21244472210     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1056-6     Document Type: Article

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