Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 69-71 , March 2006

Angioplasty of Middle Cerebral Artery Stenosis Improves Recurrent Hemichorea Caused by Basal Ganglia Hypoperfusion

  • Jung-Mee Kim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Seoul Veterans Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jong S. Kim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • A.-Hyun Cho, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sang-Beom Jeon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Dae Kyoon Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Dae Chul Suh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sun U. Kwon, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Sun U. Kwon, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Pungnapdong 388-1, Songpagu, Seoul, Korea

Received 15 October 2005 ,Accepted 20 December 2005.

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 Supported by a grant (M103KV010005 03K2201 00540) from Brain Research Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea

PII: S1052-3057(05)00151-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2005.12.002

Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 69-71 , March 2006

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