Locked-in syndrome due to a vertebral dissection and therapeutic options with intraarterial fibrinolysis in acute phase;Disección vertebral como causa del síndrome de enclaustramiento y opciones terapéuticas con fibrinólisis intraarterial durante la fase aguda

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1139-1141

  Izquierdo Casas, Joan ^a   Soler Singla, L ^a   Vivas Diaz E ^a   Balaguer Martinez E ^a   Sola Martinez T ^a   Guimaraens Martinez L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basilar thrombosis; Cervical manipulation; Intraarterial fibrinolysis; Locked in; Vertebral dissection

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PONS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; QUADRIPLEGIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 3543136460     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3812.2003590     Document Type: Article

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