Characterization and evolution of diffusion MR imaging abnormalities in stroke patients undergoing intra-arterial thrombolysis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 951-957

  Schaefer, Pamela W ^a   Hassankhani, Alvand ^a   Putman, Christopher ^a   Sorensen, A Gregory ^a   Schwamm, Lee ^a   Koroshetz, Walter ^a   Gonzalez, R Gilberto ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; REPERFUSION; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942644864     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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