Early CCT signs of supratentorial brain infarction: Clinico- radiological correlations

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-323

  Buttner Th ^a   Uffmann, M ^a   Gunes N ^a   Koster O ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Cranial computerized tomography; Early signs; Hyperdense middle cerebral artery; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

EID: 0030782256     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00290.x     Document Type: Article

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