Paroxysmal sneezing at the onset of lateral medullary syndrome: Cause or consequence?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 461-463

  Swenson, A J ^a   Leira, E C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Lateral medullary syndrome; Sneezing; Wallenberg's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNEEZING; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNEEZING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947593525     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01645.x     Document Type: Article

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