Accuracy of the Siriraj stroke score in differentiating cerebral haemorraghe and infarction in African Nigerians

African Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Ogun, Shamsideen Abayomi ^a   Oluwole, Steven ^a   Aogunseyinde, Oluremi ^a   O Fatade, Abiodun ^b   Ojini, Franck ^c   A Odusote, Kayode ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Radmed Diagnostic Centre   (Nigeria)

^c LUTH   (Nigeria)

^d West African College of Physicians   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Cerebral haemorrhage; Cerebral infarction; CT scan; Nigeria; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 25444454125     PISSN: 10158618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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