Spontaneous intracranial arterial dissection in the young: Diagnosis by CT angiography

BMC Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Robertson Jr , William C ^a   Given II, Curtis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLAGEN DEFECT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646720301     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-6-16     Document Type: Article

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