Vertebral artery compression of the medulla

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 234-241

  Savitz, Sean I ^a   Ronthal, Michael ^a   Caplan, Louis R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DECOMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRESSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 32944480995     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.2.234     Document Type: Article

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