Clinical review of 28 patients with basilar artery occlusion

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-363

  Ohe, Yasuko ^a   Dembo, Tomohisa ^a   Horiuchi, Yohsuke ^a   Maruyama, Hajime ^a   Deguchi, Ichiro ^a   Fukuoka, Takuya ^a   Kato, Yuji ^a   Nagoya, Harumitsu ^a   Ishihara, Shoichiro ^a   Tanahashi, Norio ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; clinical severity on admission; magnetic resonance imaging findings; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84877026126     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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