Is a fetal origin of the posterior cerebral artery a risk factor for TIA or ischemic stroke? A study with 16-multidetector-row CT angiography

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-245

  De Monye C ^a   Dippel, D W J ^a   Siepman, T A M ^a   Dijkshoorn, M L ^a   Tanghe, H L J ^a   Van Der Lugt, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Cerebral arteries; Ischemic stroke; Posterior cerebral artery; Vertebrobasilar stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40149106434     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0699-8     Document Type: Article

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