Involvement of the basilar artery in diabetes mellitus: An MRI study of brainstem infarctions

European Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 230-235

  Ichikawa, Hiroo ^a   Mukai, Masanori ^a   Hieda, Soutaro ^a   Kamiya, Yuki ^a,b   Akizawa, Tadao ^a   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Brainstem infarction; Diabetes mellitus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956098551     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319924     Document Type: Article

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