Triple and quadruple spontaneous cervical artery dissection: Presenting characteristics and long-term outcome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-174

  Arnold, M ^a,b   De Marchis, G M ^b   Stapf, C ^a   Baumgartner, R W ^c   Nedeltchev, K ^b   Buffon, F ^a   Galimanis, A ^b   Sarikaya, H ^c   Mattle, H P ^b   Bousser, M G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CELIAC ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DYSGEUSIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HEADACHE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INJURY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249101329     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.155226     Document Type: Article

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