Pseudo-Occlusion of the extracranial carotid artery caused by intracranial carotid artery stenosis

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1201-1203

  Lee, Dokyung ^a   Heo, Sung Hyuk ^a   Kim, Eui Jong ^a   Chang, Dae Il ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

AGED; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISORIENTATION; DROWSINESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION; PSEUDOOBSTRUCTION OF THE EXTRACRANIAL CAROTID ARTERY; TENDON REFLEX; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA;

AGED; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84869233260     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0870-3     Document Type: Letter

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