Asterixis as a Presentation of Cerebellar Ischemic Stroke
Asterixis is not yet considered a common neurological sign of cerebellum infarction, and the pathogenic mechanism for asterixis remains elusive. We report a 58-year-old male with moderate hypertension who presented to our emergency department for acute headache in both cervical and occipital regions...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2012-12-01
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Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8gn0s5hc |