Is 15 mm size criterion for lacunar infarction still valid? A study on strictly subcortical middle cerebral artery territory infarction using diffusion-weighted MRI

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Cho, A Hyun ^a   Kang, Dong Wha ^a   Kwon, Sun U ^a   Kim, Jong S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lacune; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846298484     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095753     Document Type: Article

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