Lesion patterns and stroke mechanism in atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery disease: Early diffusion-weighted imaging study

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2583-2588

  Lee, Dae K ^a   Kim, Jong S ^a   Kwon, Sun U ^a   Yoo, Sung Hee ^a   Kang, Dong Wha ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery; Stroke classification; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PIA ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644700189     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000189999.19948.14     Document Type: Article

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