Unusual visual symptoms in a patient with bilateral vertebral artery dissection: A case report

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-171

  Nagurney, John T ^a   Feldman, David ^b   Cahill, Daniel P ^a   Gatha, Nehal M ^c   Koroshetz, Walter J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; migraine; vertebral artery dissection; visual symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; THERAPY EFFECT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; SCOTOMA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33748040457     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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