The clinical relevance of vertebral artery hypoplasia

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Chuang, Yu Ming ^a   Chan, Lung ^a   Wu, Hung Ming ^a   Lee, Siu Pak ^a   Chu, Yiu Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fetal; Migraine; Posterior circulation; Vertebral artery hypoplasia; Vestibular neuronitis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 84863700526     PISSN: 1028768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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