Ischemic stroke in a young adult due to dissection of a branch of the middle cerebral artery

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 505-506

  Hidaka, Dai ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Fujimoto, Shigeru ^a   Yasumori, Kotaro ^a   Okada, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Dissection; Intimal flap; Middle cerebral artery; Young onset stroke

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE;

EID: 21244506230     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.505     Document Type: Article

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