Vertebral artery dominance contributes to basilar artery curvature and peri-vertebrobasilar junctional infarcts

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1087-1092

  Hong, J M ^a   Chung, C S ^b   Bang, O Y ^b   Yong, S W ^a   Joo, I S ^a   Huh, K ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; COHORT STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 70349656638     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.169805     Document Type: Article

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