• Age and ageing · May 2008

    Case Reports

    Vertebral artery dissection: not a rare cause of stroke in the young.

    • Udayaraj Umasankar, Timothy J Carroll, Adeyosola Famuboni, Mehool D Patel, and Ian D Starke.
    • Department of Medicine for Elderly, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham SE13 6LH, UK. usankar68@hotmail.com
    • Age Ageing. 2008 May 1; 37 (3): 345-6.

    AbstractWe hereby describe a 42-year-old lady who developed vertebral artery dissection following a head injury. The clinical features and management of the condition are discussed.

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