Clinical characteristics of symptomatic vertebral artery dissection a systematic review

Neurologist

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 245-254

  Gottesman, Rebecca F ^a   Sharma, Priti ^a   Robinson, Karen A ^a   Arnan, Martinson ^a   Tsui, Megan ^a   Ladha, Karim ^a   Newman Toker, David E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Meta analysis; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISSECTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERTIGO;

DIZZINESS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTIGO;

EID: 84865986097     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31826754e1     Document Type: Review

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