Thrombus volume comparison between patients with and without hyperattenuated artery sign on CT

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-362

  Kim, E Y ^a   Yoo, E ^a   Choi, H Y ^a   Lee, J W ^a   Heo, Ji Hoe ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEURORADIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBUS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39649107590     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0800     Document Type: Article

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