Transient blurred vision as the only manifestation of basilar stenosis [1]

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-89

  Irimia, Pablo ^a   Moya, Miguel ^a   Sepulcre, Jorge ^a   Martínez Vila, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PRAVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 3042599346     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078758     Document Type: Letter

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