A population-based case-series of Ontario patients who develop a vertebrobasilar artery stroke after seeing a chiropractor

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-22

  Choi, Stephanie ^a,b   Boyle, Eleanor ^a,b   Côté, Pierre ^a,b   Cassidy, J David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Population Characteristics; Vertebral Artery Dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHIROPRACTIC; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SENSE ORGAN; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STROKE;

BASILAR ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 78651415506     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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