Clinical features, topographic patterns on DWI and etiology of thalamic infarcts

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 147-153

  Wang, Xin ^a,b   Yu Hua Fan, ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Leung, Thomas W H ^a   Ka Sing Wong, ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QINGDAO MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

DWI; Etiology; Infarct; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLE SIZE; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS;

EID: 39149114377     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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