Acute ischemic strokes improving during the first 48 hours of onset: Predictability, outcome and possible mechanisms: A comparison with early deteriorating strokes

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-14

  Toni, Danilo ^a   Fiorelli, Marco ^a   Bastianello, Stefano ^b   Falcou, Anne ^a   Sette, Giuliano ^a   Ceschin, Vanessa ^a   Sacchetti, Maria Luisa ^a   Argentino, Corrado ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebral ischemia; outcome; prognosis; stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

EID: 0031026456     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.1.10     Document Type: Article

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