Internal carotid artery dissection occurring during intensive practice with WII® video sports games

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1242-1243

  Faivre, Anthony ^a   Chapon, F ^a   Combaz, X ^a   Nicoli, F ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); STROKE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 70350144530     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181bc0172     Document Type: Article

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