Misdiagnosis of stroke

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 989-1001

  Nor, Azlisham Mohd ^b   Ford, Gary A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Clinical trials; Diagnosis; Neuroimaging; Stroke; Stroke mimics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SOMATIZATION; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 34548050839     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.7.8.989     Document Type: Review

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