Brain and vascular imaging in acute ischemic stroke: The potential of computed tomography

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Von Kummer, Rüdiger ^a   Weber, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAT; RATING SCALE; STROKE;

EID: 0030659015     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.49.5_suppl_4.s52     Document Type: Article

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