Lateral medullary ischemia presenting with persistent hiccups and vertigo

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-230

  Mandal, Marco ^a   Rufa, Alessandra ^c   Cerase, Alfonso ^d   Bracco, Sandra ^d   Galluzzi, Paolo ^d   Venturi, Carlo ^d   Nuti, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head shaking nystagmus; Hiccups; Lateral medullary ischemia; Neuroimaging; Stenting; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOLYMPH; HICCUP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STENT; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTIGO;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEPARIN; HICCUP; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 77950813190     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207450903585316     Document Type: Article

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