Multiphasic helical computed tomography predicts subsequent development of severe brain edema in acute ischemic stroke

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 505-509

  Lee, Soo Joo ^a,d   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a,f   Na, Dong Gyu ^a   Byun, Hong Sik ^a,f   Kim, Yong Boem ^a   Shon, Young Min ^b   Cho, Soo Jin ^c   Lee, Jun ^e   Chung, Chin Sang ^a,f   Hong, Seung Chyul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^f Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALOCELE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; IMAGE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 2342597111     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.4.505     Document Type: Article

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