Acute bilateral medial medullary infarction: A unique 'heart appearance' sign by diffusion-weighted imaging

European Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 236-237

  Maeda, Masayuki ^a   Shimono, Taro ^b   Tsukahara, Hirokazu ^c   Maier, Stephan E ^d   Takeda, Kan ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDIAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SYMPTOM;

AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 3042535823     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078549     Document Type: Article

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