Why it's important to know Percheron's artery: Solitary carotid stenosis as a unique cause of anterior, posterior and bithalamic ischemia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1558-1559

  Kraft, P ^a   Waschbisch, A ^a,b   Wendel, F ^a   Muellges, W ^a   Classen, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERCHERON ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549124035     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5140-4     Document Type: Letter

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