Diagnosis of acute brain-stem infarcts using diffusion-weighed MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 352-356

  Toi, H ^a   Uno, M ^a   Harada, M ^a   Yoneda, K ^a   Morita, N ^a   Matsubara, S ^a   Satoh, K ^a   Nagahiro, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem infarcts; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037593325     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-002-0897-5     Document Type: Article

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