The MCA dot sign

Radiology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 315-318

  Shetty, Sanjay K ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INSULA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBICULUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748927791     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2411040573     Document Type: Article

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