 Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
"Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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NECROSIS occurring in the MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which brings blood to the entire lateral aspects of each CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE. Clinical signs include impaired cognition; APHASIA; AGRAPHIA; weak and numbness in the face and arms, contralaterally or bilaterally depending on the infarction.
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D020244
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.300.150.477.200.450 C10.228.140.300.510.200.387 C10.228.140.300.775.200.200.450 C14.907.253.092.477.200.450 C14.907.253.560.200.387 C14.907.253.855.200.200.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery- Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Middle Cerebral Artery Circulation Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
- Cerebral Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Stroke, Middle Cerebral Artery
- MCA Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery" by people in Profiles.
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Wong GK, Mak CW, Po YC, Poon WS. Decompressive surgery for large territory anterior circulation cerebral infarction: the earlier, the better? ANZ J Surg. 2010 Jan; 80(1-2):115.
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Wong GK, Poon WS. Outcome of and prognostic factors for decompressive hemicraniectomy in malignant cerebral artery infarction. J Clin Neurosci. 2007 Dec; 14(12):1242.
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