Extracranial traumatic carotid artery dissections in children: A review of current diagnosis and treatment options

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-108

  Chamoun, Roukoz B ^a   Mawad, Michel E ^b   Whitehead, William E ^a   Luerssen, Thomas G ^a   Jea, Andrew ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Carotid artery dissection; Carotid artery injury; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 48749116642     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/8/101     Document Type: Review

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