A caudal mesencephalic infarct presenting only with tetra-ataxia and tremor

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 187-189

  Sato, Shoichiro ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^a   Kawase, Kayoko ^a   Kasuya, Junji ^a   Minematsu, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGATROBAN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; TREMOR;

EID: 39549100780     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113737     Document Type: Article

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