Ischemic lesion volumes in acute stroke by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging correlate with clinical outcome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 164-170

  Lövblad, Karl Olof ^a   Baird, Alison E ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a   Benfield, Andrew ^a   Siewert, Bettina ^a   Voetsch, Barbara ^a,b   Connor, Ann ^a   Burzynski, Cara ^a   Edelman, Robert R ^a   Warach, Steven ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15144344272     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410420206     Document Type: Article

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