Cervical artery dissection: An atypical presentation with Ehlers-Danlos-like collagen pathology?

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1708-1710

  Ulbricht, D ^a,c   Diederich, N J ^a   Hermanns Le T ^b   Metz, R J ^a   Macian, F ^a   Pierard G E ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGEN DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 8644243948     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142970.09454.30     Document Type: Article

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