Lack of hemispheric dominance for consciousness in acute ischaemic stroke

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 889-892

  Cucchiara, Brett ^a   Kasner, S E ^a   Wolk, D A ^b   Lyden, P D ^c   Knappertz, V A ^d   Ashwood, T ^e   Odergren, T ^g   Nordlund, A ^f  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Specialized Therapeutics   (United States)

^e ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038141716     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.7.889     Document Type: Article

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