Unilateral posterior cervical spinal cord infarction due to spontaneous vertebral artery dissection

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-236

  Richard, Sébastien ^a   Abdallah, Chifaou ^a   Chanson, Anne ^a   Foscolo, Sylvain ^a   Baillot, Pierre Alexandre ^b   Ducrocq, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Regional Metz Thionville   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical arterial dissection; Cervical spinal cord infarction; Posterior spinal cord; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TACTILE SENSORY LOSS; UNILATERAL POSTERIOR CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INFARCTION;

CERVICAL ARTERIAL DISSECTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INFARCTION; POSTERIOR SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 84895515323     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000125     Document Type: Article

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