Mild mechanical traumas are possible risk factors for cervical artery dissection [2]

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 319-

  Rubinstein, Sidney ^a   Côté, Pierre ^b,c   Jensen, Jesper K ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERY DISSECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECT SIZE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOM;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 34548065471     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106520     Document Type: Letter

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