Nontraumatic neurologic emergencies: Imaging findings and diagnostic pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1323-1331

  Provenzale, James M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, infarction, 10.78; Carotid arteries, dissection, 17.74, 90.74; Cerebral blood vessels, thrombosis, 17.75; Computed tomography (CT), angiography, 10.12116; Magnetic resonance (MR), diffusion study, 10.12142, 10.12144; Sinuses, dural, 17.75

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033190825     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.5.g99se161323     Document Type: Article

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