Clinical manifestations of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 528-530

  Titlic, Marina ^a   Tonkic, A ^a   Jukic, I ^a   Kolic, K ^a   Dolic, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Compression; Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

HUMANS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 62349097148     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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