Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 12 , Pages 585-588 , December 2006

Hemorrhagic Transformation of Stroke Secondary to Spontaneous Internal Carotid Artery Dissection

  • Ju-Sing Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Feng-Chi Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Han-Hwa Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Li-Chi Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Li-Chi Hsu, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 18 April 2006 ,Accepted 18 October 2006.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70334-X

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70334-X

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 12 , Pages 585-588 , December 2006

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