Economy class stroke syndromes and vertebral artery dissection

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-128

  Civardi, Carlo ^b   Collini, Alessandra ^a   Stecco, Alessandro ^a   Carriero, Alessandro ^a   Monaco, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Maggiore Della Carita   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economy class stroke syndromes; Vertebral artery dissection; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; DYSPHAGIA; ECONOMY CLASS STROKE SYNDROME; FLIGHT; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTURE; STROKE; TRAVEL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 84872680443     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-0963-7     Document Type: Letter

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