Diseases

Lacunar Stroke

Stroke caused by lacunar infarction or other small vessel diseases of the brain. It features hemiparesis (see PARESIS), hemisensory, or hemisensory motor loss.

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Abstract

Stroke caused by lacunar infarction or other small vessel diseases of the brain. It features hemiparesis (see PARESIS), hemisensory, or hemisensory motor loss.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Lacunar Syndrome
  • Stroke, Lacunar
  • Lacunar Strokes
  • Lacunar Syndromes
  • Strokes, Lacunar
  • Syndrome, Lacunar
  • Syndromes, Lacunar
  • Infarct, Lacunar
  • Infarction, Lacunar
  • Infarctions, Lacunar
  • Infarcts, Lacunar
  • Lacunar Infarct
  • Lacunar Infarction
  • Lacunar Infarctions
  • Lacunar Infarcts

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2012; for Infarction, Lacunar use BRAIN INFARCTION 2000-2011

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Previous Indexing

  • Cerebral Infarction (1982-2011)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Lacunar Stroke. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D059409. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D059409
  2. Lacunar Stroke. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacunar_stroke
  3. Lacunar Stroke. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6469117