Etiology of cervical artery dissections: The writing is in the wall

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1452-1453

  Schievink, Wouter I ^a   Debette, Stephanie ^b,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRAVASATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTIMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 79955513094     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318217e813     Document Type: Editorial

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