Prognostic value of hyperattenuating middle cerebral artery sign at CT in cerebral infarction;Valore prognostico dell'iperdensità dell'arteria cerebrale media all'esame TC nell'ischemia cerebrale

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 106, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 549-555

  Sparacia, Gianvincenzo ^a,b   Sorrentino, Fortunato ^a   Sarno, Caterina ^a   Follone, Rosaria ^a   Sparacia, Benedetta ^a   Lagalla, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Universita degli Studi di Palermo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

CT cerebral infarction; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0742301341     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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