Medial medullary infarction: Clinical, imaging, and outcome study in 86 consecutive patients

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3221-3225

  Kim, Jong S ^a   Han, Young S ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central poststroke pain; Medial medullary infarction; Medulla oblongata; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOLES; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTIGO;

EID: 70349658550     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.559864     Document Type: Article

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