How well does the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project classification predict the site and size of the infarct on brain imaging?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 558-562

  Mead, G E ^a   Lewis, S C ^a   Wardlaw, J M ^a   Dennis, M S ^a   Warlow, C P ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification of stroke; Computed tomography; Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034110470     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.5.558     Document Type: Article

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