Extensive brainstem ischemia on neuroimaging does not preclude meaningful recovery from locked-in syndrome: Two cases of endovascularly managed basilar thrombosis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-17

  Tomycz, Nestor D ^b   Holm, Margo B ^a   Horowitz, Michael B ^a,b   Wechsler, Lawrence R ^b   Raina, Ketki ^a   Gupta, Rishi ^c   Jovin, Tudor G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c East Lansing   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar thrombosis; Ischemia; Locked in syndrome; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PONS ANGLE; RECANALIZATION; SLURRED SPEECH; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38049039446     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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