Rotational vertebral artery occlusion in a child with multiple strokes: A case-based update

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1669-1674

  Greiner, Hansel M ^a   Abruzzo, Todd A ^a,c   Kabbouche, Marielle ^a   Leach, James L ^a   Zuccarello, Mario ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bow hunter syndrome; Dynamic angiography; Pediatric stroke; Ponticulus posticus; Rotational vertebral artery syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATIONAL VERTEBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; THROMBOPHILIA; VASCULITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 78649322082     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1299-3     Document Type: Review

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