Cause is the main predictor of outcome in patients with pontine hemorrhage

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-71

  Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Tisch, Stephen H ^a   McClelland, Robyn L ^b   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous malformation; Pontine hemorrhage; Primary hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0742271310     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073900     Document Type: Article

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