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Until recent years, most studies on the topography of brain-stem and cerebellar infarcts were based on clinicopathological correlations. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has greatly contributed to the diagnosis and accurate assessment of small infarcts located in the posterior fossa [1, 3, 6–8]. In this study, we examined the topographic distribution of isolated brainstem and cerebellar infarcts in relation to the involved arterial territories, as well as to the clinical presentation and pathogenesis of infarcts.
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Regli, F., Barth, A., Bogousslavsky, J. (1993). Contribution of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to the Diagnosis of Brain-Stem and Cerebellar Infarcts. In: Caplan, L.R., Hopf, H.C. (eds) Brain-Stem Localization and Function. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78172-8_2
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