Outcome of acute stroke patients without visible occlusion on early arteriography

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1135-1138

  Arnold, Marcel ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Fischer, Urs ^a   Remonda, Luca ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Outcome; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2142809837     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000125862.55804.29     Document Type: Article

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