Skip Navigation


Age and Ageing Advance Access originally published online on February 27, 2008
Age and Ageing 2008 37(3):345-346; doi:10.1093/ageing/afn004
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
37/3/345    most recent
afn004v1
Right arrow E-Letters: Submit a response to the article
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (1)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Umasankar, U.
Right arrow Articles by Starke, I. D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Umasankar, U.
Right arrow Articles by Starke, I. D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Copyright © The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society.

Case Reports

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

Udayaraj Umasankar1, Timothy J. Carroll1, Adeyosola Famuboni2, Mehool D. Patel1 and Ian D. Starke1

1 Department of Medicine for Elderly, University Hospital Lewisham, Lewisham SE13 6LH, UK
2 SHO in Accident and Emergency, Whipps Cross Hospital, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, E11 1NR, UK

Address correspondence to: U. Umasankar. Tel: 020 8333 3000. Email: usankar68{at}hotmail.com

Abstract

We 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.

Keywords: vertebral artery dissection, vertebral artery injury, young stroke

Received 25 June 2007; accepted in revised form 19 October 2007.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.