Anterior cerebral artery A1 segment hypoplasia may contribute to A1 hypoplasia syndrome

European Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 208-211

  Chuang, Yu Ming ^a,b,c,d   Liu, Chih Yang ^a,b   Pan, Po Jung ^c   Lin, Ching Po ^d,e  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Graduate Institute of Medical Science   (Taiwan)

^d Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A1 segment hypoplasia; Anterior cerebral artery; Circle of Willis; MR angiogram; Penetrating artery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGENESIS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247857502     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099160     Document Type: Article

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