Basilar artery atherosclerotic plaques in paramedian and lacunar pontine infarctions: A high-resolution MRI study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1405-1409

  Klein, Isabelle F ^a   Lavallée, Philippa C ^a   Mazighi, Mikael ^a   Schouman Claeys, Elisabeth ^a   Labreuche, Julien ^a   Amarenco, Pierre ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

basilar artery atherosclerosis; HR MRI; paramedian pontine infarction; pontine small deep infarction

Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMEDIAN PONTINE INFARCTION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL MEDIAL PONTINE INFARCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS;

EID: 77954175047     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.583534     Document Type: Article

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