Measurements of acute cerebral infarction: A clinical examination scale

Stroke

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1989, Pages 864-870

  Brott, Thomas ^a   Adams, Harold P ^b   Olinger, Charles P ^a   Marle, John R ^c   Barsan, William G ^a   Biller, Jose ^b   Spilker, Judith ^a   Holleran, Renée ^a   Eberle, Robert ^a   Hertzberg, Vicki ^a   Rorick, Marvin ^a   Moomaw, Charles J ^a   Walker, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Clinical trials; Neurologic examination

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024328055     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.20.7.864     Document Type: Article

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