Basilar artery occlusion in a 14-year old female successfully treated with acute intravascular intervention: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 408-414

  Taneja, Sanjeev R ^a   Hanna, Ibrahim ^a   Holdgate, Anna ^a   Wenderoth, Jason ^a   Cordato, Dennis J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

basilar artery occlusion; intravascular; paediatric; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; NIMODIPINE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATAXIA; BASILAR ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCONTINENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79960746242     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01974.x     Document Type: Review

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