Hypertensive encephalopathy with prominent bulbar presentation.
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210 of CCA and/or ECA dissection. Thus, we estimate the prevalence of this type of dissection to be less than 1% of all cervical artery dissections. The reasons for the low frequency might be a different ultrastructure of the vessel wall in the CCA and ECA, but underdiagnosis due to a lack of attention regarding dissection of the ECA is also possible because dissection occurs without severe consequences/sequelae for the patients.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cerebrovascular diseases
دوره 21 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006