Factors predicting prognosis after decompressive hemicraniectomy for hemispheric infarction

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 891-893

  Rabinstein, A A ^a,b   Mueller Kronast, N ^a   Maramattom, B V ^b   Zazulia, A R ^c,d   Bamlet, W R ^b   Diringer, M N ^d,e   Wijdicks, E F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748697456     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233895.03152.66     Document Type: Article

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