Magnetic resonance imaging versus computed tomography for detection of acute vascular lesions in patients presenting with stroke symptoms

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Brazzelli, Miriam ^a   Sandercock, Peter A G ^a   Chappell, Francesca M ^a   Celani, Maria Grazia ^b   Righetti, Enrico ^b   Arestis, Nicholas ^c   Lewis, Steff C ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   Deeks, Jonathan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b USL 2   (Italy)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STROKE; SYMPTOM; THICKNESS;

EID: 55049095194     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007424     Document Type: Review

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