Anatomical variations of the middle cerebral artery: Duplication and accessory artery. Implications in the treatment of acute stroke;Variantes anatómicas de la arteria cerebral media: Duplicidad y arteria accesoria. Implicaciones en el tratamiento del ictus agudo

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 732-735

  Vila Moriente, Nicolás ^a   Millan Torne M ^a   Capellades Font, J ^a   Garcia Sanchez S ^a   Ferrer Avelli X ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessory artery; Anatomical variations; Duplication; Middle cerebral artery; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY DUPLICATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR SYNDROME; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PARESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROGNOSIS;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PARESIS; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 2942750400     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3808.2003207     Document Type: Article

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