Korean J Neurotrauma.  2019 Apr;15(1):72-73. 10.13004/kjnt.2019.15.e5.

Letter to the Editor: A Case of Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Infarction after Cervical Chiropractic Manipulation (Korean J Neurotrauma 2018;14:159–163)

• Perle SM
• Jung H
• Ham J
• Choi H

• KMID: 2444210
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.13004/kjnt.2019.15.e5

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Arteries*
Chiropractic*
Infarction*
Manipulation, Chiropractic*

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