Differential diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke and management on the basis of acute ischemic stroke subtype

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 914-917

  Urabe, Takao ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic therapy; Diffusion weighted MRI; Early CT sign; Modified TOAST classification; Neuroprotective therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; OZAGREL;

ALGORITHM; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 10944266565     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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