Characteristics of stroke mechanisms in patients with medullary infarction

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1433-1439

  Lee, M J ^a   Park, Y G ^a   Kim, S J ^a   Lee, J J ^b   Bang, O Y ^a   Kim, J S ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Medulla oblongata; Perfusion weighted MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOGENIC EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMIMEDULLARY INFARCTION; HUMAN; LARGE ARTERY DISEASE; LATERAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL MEDULLARY INFARCTION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEURORADIOLOGY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84867693606     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03722.x     Document Type: Article

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