Large infarcts in the middle cerebral artery territory: Etiology and outcome patterns

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-350

  Heinsius, Thomas ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a   Van Melle, Guy ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

EID: 0031911320     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.2.341     Document Type: Article

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