A comparative analysis of 375 patients with lateral and medial medullary infarction.

Lin-Shuang TaoJing-Jing LinMing ZouSong-Fang ChenYi-Yun WengKe-Yang Chen Bei-Lei Hu

Published in: Brain and behavior (2021)

This study reveals that: (1) patients with MMI are older than those with LMI; (2) prior infarction, poor glycemic control, and atherosclerosis are independent risk factors of MMI than that of LMI; (3) the clinical manifestations of LMI and MMI are heterogeneous; (4) short-term prognosis of MMI is worse than LMI.

Keyphrases

glycemic control
risk factors
type diabetes
blood glucose
cardiovascular disease
physical activity
weight loss
minimally invasive
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle