Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in symptomatic vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis and dissection

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1228-1231

  Koch, Sebastian ^a   Amir, Murtaza ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Reyes Iglesias, Yolanda ^a   Romano, Jose G ^a   Forteza, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THALAMUS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 23844503613     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.8.1228     Document Type: Article

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