Association between basilar artery hypoplasia and undetermined or lacunar posterior circulation ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2371-2374

  Olindo, Stephane ^a   Khaddam, Saad ^a   Bocquet, Jonathan ^a   Chausson, Nicolas ^a   Aveillan, Mathieu ^a   Cabre, Philippe ^a   Smadja, Didier ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

basilar artery; hypoplasia; posterior circulation stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 77957997343     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.593145     Document Type: Article

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