Wernekink comissure syndrome: A rare midbrain syndrome secondary to stroke

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 289-290

  Dai, Alper I ^a   Wasay, Mohammad ^b  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNUCLEAR OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SLURRED SPEECH; STROKE; WERNEKINK COMISSURE SYNDROME; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; SYNDROME;

AGED; ATAXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; SPEECH DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34248642255     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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