Vertebral artery dissection and posterior stroke in a child

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 568-571

  Halevy, Ayelet ^a   Konen, Osna ^b   Straussberg, Rachel ^a   Michowitz, S D ^a   Shuper, Avinoam ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography; Posterior stroke; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GADOLINIUM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; VASCULITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 42449134528     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807313038     Document Type: Article

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