Rapidly progressive fatal bihemispheric infarction secondary to Moyamoya syndrome in association with graves thyrotoxicosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 643-647

  Hsu, S W ^a,b,c   Chaloupka, J C ^a   Fattal, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TREMOR; VOMITING; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE COURSE; REVIEW; TIME;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; THYROTOXICOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745903891     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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