Duplication of the left vertebral artery in a patient with dissection of the right internal carotid artery and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-114

  Polguj, Michał ^a   Jędrzejewski, Kazimierz ^a   Topol, Mirosław ^a   Wieczorek Pastusiak, Julia ^a   Majos, Agata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computer tomography angiography; Doppler ultrasonography; Duplication; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Vertebral artery variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; APHASIA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DUPLICATED LEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ECHOGRAPH; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SMOKING; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VERBAL APHASIA; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84886397038     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-012-0152-z     Document Type: Article

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