Brain stem diffusion-weighted imaging lesion score: a potential marker of outcome in acute basilar artery occlusion

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 194-198

  Cho, T H ^a,b   Nighoghossian, N ^a   Tahon, F ^a   Nemoz C ^a,c   Hermier, M ^a,b   Salkine, F ^a   Derex, L ^a,b   Trouillas, P ^a   Froment, J C ^a,b   Turjman, F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 58249142540     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1278     Document Type: Article

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