Silent or non-clinical infarct-like lesions in the posterior circulation territory in migraine: Brain hypoperfusion or hyperperfusion?

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Gupta, Vinod ^a  

^a Dubai eGovernment Dubai Police   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SIDE EFFECT; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; THROMBOSIS; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 30344454378     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh697     Document Type: Letter

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