Initial microbleeds at MR imaging can predict recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 508-512

  Jeon, Sang Beom ^a   Kang, Dong Wha ^a   Cho, A Hyun ^a   Lee, Eun Mi ^a   Choi, Choong G ^a   Kwon, Sun U ^a   Kim, Jong S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Intracerebral hemorrhage; MRI; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACEREBRAL MICROBLEEDING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34249079112     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0406-6     Document Type: Article

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