Perforator territory infarction in the lenticulostriate arterial territory: Mechanisms and lesion patterns based on the axial location

European Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Cho, Hyun Ji ^a   Roh, Hong Gee ^a   Moon, Won Jin ^a   Kim, Hahn Young ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lacunar infarction; Lenticulostriate artery; Middle cerebral artery stenosis; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PERFORATOR TERRITORY INFARCTION IN THE LENTICULOSTRIATE ARTERIAL TERRITORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 74249087854     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276401     Document Type: Article

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