Recurrent cerebral embolism in a young adult with Down's syndrome a case report [4]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1275-1277

  Ishida, Shimon ^a   Date, Masamichi ^a   Doi, Yoshimitsu ^a   Sato, Toshihiko ^a   Sugino, Masakazu ^a   Kimura, Fumiharu ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; BABINSKI REFLEX; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINODACTYLY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTELORISM; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISOMY 21; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTIGO;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE;

EID: 8744302811     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0522-0     Document Type: Letter

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