Wallerian degeneration of the pontocerebellar fibers

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1062-1065

  De Simone, Tiziana ^a   Regna Gladin, Caroline ^a   Carriero, Maria Rita ^a   Farina, Laura ^a   Savoiardo, Mario ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MUTATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; TEMPORAL ARTERY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR LESION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 33644824165     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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