Etiology of isolated pontine infarctions: A study based on high-resolution MRI and brain small vessel disease scores

BMC Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Xia, Cheng ^a   Chen, Hui Sheng ^a   Wu, Shi Wen ^b   Xu, Wei Hai ^c  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

HR MRI; Pathogenesis; Pontine infarction; Small vessel disease score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BASILAR ARTERY STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN SMALL VESSEL DISEASE SCORE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMEDIAN PONTINE INFARCTION; PERIVASCULAR SPACE ENLARGEMENT; PONTINE INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL DEEP PONTINE INFARCTION; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PONS; PROCEDURES; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 85037982131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-017-0999-7     Document Type: Article

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