Brain stem infarction caused by proximal internal carotid artery stenosis in a patient with a persisting primitive trigeminal artery

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 200-202

  Foerch, Christian ^a   Berkefeld, Joachim ^a   Halbsguth, Alfred ^b   Ziemann, Ulf ^a   Neumann Haefelin, Tobias ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Radiologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINUS ARTERY;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTERIES; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33746347974     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093808     Document Type: Article

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