Cerebral hemispheric low-flow infarcts in arterial occlusive disease: Lesions patterns and angiomorphologic conditions

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-123

  Mull, Michael ^a   Schwarz, Michael ^a   Thron, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

angiography; cerebral ischemia; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; white matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031037311     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.1.118     Document Type: Article

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