Multiple brain infarcts: Clinical and neuroimaging patterns using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance

European Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 76-82

  Altieri, M ^a   Metz, R J ^a   Muller C ^a   Maeder, P ^a   Meuli, R ^a   Bogousslavsky, Julien ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance; Lacunar infarction; Multiple ischemic infarcts; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032814906     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069415     Document Type: Article

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