Differing mechanisms between posterior and middle cerebral artery infarctions

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 250-254

  Hafeez, Faizan ^a   Levine, Ross L ^a   Dulli, Douglas A ^a   Razzaq, Mohammad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Infarction; Middle cerebral artery; Posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449114236     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3057(98)80034-7     Document Type: Article

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