Basilar artery occlusive disease in the New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation Registry

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 496-504

  Voetsch, Barbara ^a,b,c   DeWitt, L Dana ^d,e   Pessin, Michael S ^d   Caplan, Louis R ^b,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 2342637067     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.4.496     Document Type: Article

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