Comparison of diffusion-weighted MRI and CT in acute stroke

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1557-1561

  Lansberg, Maarten G ^a   Albers, Gregory W ^a   Beaulieu, Christian ^a   Marks, Michael P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cerebral infarction; CT; Diffusion weighted imaging; MRI

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; APTIGANEL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NALMEFENE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0034006927     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.8.1557     Document Type: Article

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