Multiple acute cerebral infarcts on diffusion-weighted imaging and risk of recurrent stroke

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1317-1319

  Wen, H M ^a,b   Lam, W W M ^a   Rainer, T ^a   Fan, Y H ^a   Leung, T W H ^a   Chan, Y L ^a   Wong, K S ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCT; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 5344243759     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000140490.22251.B6     Document Type: Article

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