Two cases of top of the basilar syndrome with onset seizure

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 647-651

  Naganuma, Masaki ^a   Hashimoto, Yoichiro ^a   Matsuura, Yutaka ^a   Terasaki, Tadashi ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^b   Uchino, Makoto ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; Brainstem infarction; Onset seizure; Todd's palsy; Top of the basilar syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONVULSION; CRYING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; SLEEP; THALAMUS; TODD PALSY; TOP OF THE BASILAR SYNDROME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 27244436287     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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