Aortic Dissection as the Culprit for Seizure

Fernando Rivera-Alvarez; Marvi Qureshi; Anines Quinones; Ayanna Walker; Latha Ganti

doi:10.7759/CUREUS.17325

Aortic Dissection as the Culprit for Seizure

Fernando Rivera-Alvarez
, Marvi Qureshi
, Anines Quinones
, Ayanna Walker
, Latha Ganti

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Original language	American English
Journal	Cureus
Volume	13
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/CUREUS.17325
State	Published - Aug 20 2021

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Cardiology
Internal Medicine

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