The intracranial vertebral artery: A neglected species

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-30

  Caplan, Louis R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar infarction; Medullary infarction; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; BASILAR ARTERY; BLURRED VISION; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; DIZZINESS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84863108508     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339629     Document Type: Review

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