A.G. FAZLIAKHMETOVA^1,2, E.I. BOGDANOV²

¹Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Tatarstan, 138 Orenburgskiy Trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation 420064

²Kazan State Medical University, 49 Butlerov St., Kazan, Russian Federation 420012

Fazliakhmetova A.G. — neurologist of the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, postgraduate student of the Department of Neurology, tel. +7-917-262-90-04, e-mail: fragaria5@rambler.ru^1,2

Bogdanov E.I. — D. Med. Sc., Professor of the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, tel. (843) 237-34-72, e-mail: enver_bogdanov@mail.ru²

The article presents a literature review on the cervical artery dissections as a major cause of stroke in young adults. Issues of etiology, clinical patterns, diagnostic and treatment are considered.

Key words: cervical artery dissection, carotid artery dissection, vertebral artery dissection

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