Artery of percheron infarction: Imaging patterns and clinical spectrum

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1283-1289

  Lazzaro, Nicholas A ^a   Wright, B ^a   Castillo, M ^b   Fischbein, N J ^c   Glastonbury, C M ^d   Hildenbrand, P G ^e   Wiggins, R H ^a   Quigley, E P ^a   Osborn, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OF PERCHERON INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGING; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955641855     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2044     Document Type: Article

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