Hypoplasia of Multiple Cerebral Arteries: Report of an Unusual Case

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-163

  Sakellaropoulos, Antonios ^a   Mourgela, Sofia ^a   Kyrlesi, Athina ^a   Warnke, Jan Peter ^a  

^a Agios Savvas Anticancer Institute   (Greece)

Author keywords

aplasia; Cerebral circulation; circle of Willis; hypoplasia; magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL ARTERY HYPOPLASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEADACHE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 43049151821     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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