Design of a multicentre study on neurosonology in acute ischaemic stroke: A Project of the Neurosonology Research Group of the World Federation of Neurology

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 115-120

  Goertler, Michael ^a   Allendoerfer, Jens ^b   Von Reutern, Gerhard Michael ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MD Asklepios Neurologische K   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute ischaemic stroke; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Multicentre study; Neurosonology; Transcranial Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; TOMOGRAPHY;

NEUROSONOLOGY;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CALCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0036858653     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(02)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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