Intracranial vertebral artery dissection resulting in fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Clinical and histopathological investigations from a medicolegal perspective: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 948-954

  Ro, Ayako ^a,b   Kageyama, Norimasa ^b   Abe, Nobuyuki ^b   Takatsu, Akihiro ^b   Fukunaga, Tatsushige ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Autopsy study; Forensic pathology; Intracranial vertebral artery; Prodromal symptom; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VOMITING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 66849098007     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.JNS08951     Document Type: Article

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