Wallenberg syndrome caused by multiple sclerosis mimicking stroke

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1700-1702

  Qiu, Wei ^a   Wu, Jing Shan ^a   Carroll, William M ^a   Mastaglia, Frank L ^a   Kermode, Allan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Ischaemic stroke; Multiple sclerosis; Wallenberg syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BETA1A INTERFERON; METFORMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; STROKE;

EID: 70350726210     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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