The outer arterial wall layers are primarily affected in spontaneous cervical artery dissection

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1463-1471

  Volker W ^a,b   Dittrich, R ^a   Grewe, S ^b   Nassenstein, I ^b   Csiba, L ^c   Herczeg, L ^c   Borsay, B A ^c   Robenek, H ^b   Kuhlenbaumer G ^d   Ringelstein, E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CAPILLARY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 79955487036     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318217e71c     Document Type: Article

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