Early CT signs in acute middle cerebral artery infarction: Predictive value for subsequent infarct locations and outcome

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 366-375

  Moulin, T ^a,b   Cattin, F ^a   Crepin Leblond T ^a   Tatu, L ^a   Chavot, D ^a   Piotin, M ^a   Viel, J F ^a   Rumbach, L ^a   Bonneville, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029810385     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.2.366     Document Type: Article

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