Hemichorea due to hemodynamic ischemia associated with extracranial carotid artery stenosis: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-147

  Morigaki, Ryoma ^a   Uno, Masaaki ^a   Suzue, Atsuhiko ^a   Nagahiro, Shinji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Carotid endarterectomy; Cerebral blood flow; Hemichorea

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOREA; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33745578331     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.1.142     Document Type: Article

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