Ischemic lesion volume correlates with long-term functional outcome and quality of life of middle cerebral artery stroke survivors

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Schiemanck, S K ^a,b   Post, M W M ^a,b,c   Kwakkel, G ^a,b   Witkamp, Th D ^a   Kappelle, L J ^a,b   Prevo, A J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infarction; Lesion volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STROKE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VOLUME; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL;

EID: 23644462849     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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