Acute bilateral paramedian thalamic infarction presenting on EEG as stage 2 non-REM sleep

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 407-409

  Woerner, J ^a   Friolet, R ^a   Ventura, F ^a   Kardan, R ^a   Vuadens, P ^b   Arnold, P ^b  

^a Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

^b SUVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SLEEP; THALAMUS;

EID: 21344473898     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086102     Document Type: Article

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