Spontaneous intradural vertebral artery dissection: A single-center experience and review of the literature

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Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Kocaeli, Hasan ^a   Chaalala, Chiraz ^a   Andaluz, Norberto ^c,d   Zuccarello, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Intradural vertebral artery; Vertebral artery; Vertebral artery dissection; Vertebral artery dissection treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 67649592242     PISSN: 15315010     EISSN: 15320065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1114296     Document Type: Article

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