Two cases of spontaneous middle cerebral arterial dissection causing ischemic stroke

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 162-166

  Lee, Jin Soo ^a,b   Bang, Oh Young ^c   Lee, Phil Hyu ^a   Kim, Byung Moon ^c   Yong, Seok Woo ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Armed Forces Yangju Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; Diffusion weighted imaging; Dissection; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISSECTION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NECK INJURY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STENOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 33750515626     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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