Wallenberg's syndrome with proximal quadriparesis

Neurologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-46

  Chen, Chau Nee ^a   Khor, Gim Thean ^b   Chen, Chun Hung ^b   Huang, Poyin ^b  

^a Yuan's General Hospital   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

lateral medullary infarction; quadriparesis; Wallenberg's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LIMB; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PALATE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETICULAR FORMATION; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; STROKE; VERTIGO; WALLENBERG SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATERAL MEDULLARY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 78651365635     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181ebe5b2     Document Type: Article

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