Posterior headache as a warning symptom of vertebral dissection: A case report

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 478-479

  Lanfranchi, Stefy ^a   Di Falco, M ^a   Perini, M ^a   Zarcone, D ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervicocerebral arterial dissections (CAD); Headache; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DICOUMAROL; FLUNARIZINE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 30544440865     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-005-0259-x     Document Type: Article

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