Internal carotid artery occlusion related to seat belt shoulder strap; Report of two cases

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 670-674

  Watanabe, Yoshio ^a   Mezaki, Takahiro ^a,b   Yamamoto, Yoshisuke ^a   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^c   Ueyama, Masaru ^d  

^a Matsusaka Central General Hospital

^b Sakakibara Hakuhou Hospital

^c MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Overextension; Seat belt; Traffic accident; Traumatic occlusion of internal carotid artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; REVIEW; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 3142510776     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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