Unusual triad due to a bilateral medial medullary infarction in a 35-year-old man [6]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Alstadhaug, K B ^a   Salvesen, R ^a  

^a Nordlandssykehuset ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Medial medullary infarction; Paresthesia; Vertical nystagmus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; OSCILLOPSIA; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PARESTHESIA; RETICULAR FORMATION; VAGUS NERVE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 33847720698     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01606.x     Document Type: Letter

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