Unusual presentation of basilar artery stroke secondary to patent foramen ovale: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Salam, Abdul ^a   Sanmuganathan, Phil ^a   Pycock, Chris ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; THALAMUS; VASCULITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 45149134584     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-75     Document Type: Article

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