A fresh twist on carotid artery dissections

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1800-1801

  Kasner, Scott E ^a   Dreier, Jens P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ISCHEMIA; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; RETINAL VESSELS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649229496     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a4e476     Document Type: Editorial

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