Basilar artery dissection: Series of 12 consecutive cases and review of the literature

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Ruecker, M ^a   Furtner, M ^a   Knoflach, M ^a   Werner, P ^a,b   Gotwald, T ^a   Chemelli, A ^a   Zangerle, A ^a   Prantl, B ^a   Matoevic B ^a   Schmidauer, C ^a   Schmutzhard, E ^a   Willeit, J ^a   Kiechl, S ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Regional Hospital Rankweil   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basilar artery dissection; Pseudoaneurysm; Review of the literature; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77954877860     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319069     Document Type: Article

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