Impact of abnormal diffusion-weighted imaging results on short-term outcome following transient ischemic attack

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1105-1109

  Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a   Chong, Ji Y ^b   Sacco, Ralph L ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTIGO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547863815     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.8.1105     Document Type: Article

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