Detection of thrombus in acute ischemic stroke: Value of thin-section noncontrast-computed tomography

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2745-2747

  Eung, Yeop Kim ^a   Lee, Seung Koo ^a   Dong, Joon Kim ^a   Suh, Sang Hyun ^a   Kim, Jinna ^a   Ji, Hoe Heo ^a   Dong, Ik Kim ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Cerebral infarct; Neuroradiology; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEURORADIOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644673206     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000185720.03803.41     Document Type: Article

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