Does lenticulostriate vasculopathy predipose to ischemic brain infarct? A case report

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 607-610

  Ivanov, Ivan ^a   Zlatareva, Dora ^b   Pacheva, Iliyana ^a   Panova, Margarita ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b Tokuda Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Brain infarct; Head trauma; Lenticulostriate vasculopathy; Pediatrics; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PIRACETAM;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLASMA; RADIOGRAPHY;

BASAL GANGLIA CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUSALITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PIRACETAM; PLASMA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS;

EID: 84867745163     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.21922     Document Type: Article

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