Advantages of high b value diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of acute stroke - A case report

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 616-617

  Doskaliyev, Aidos ^a   Yamasaki, Fumiyuki ^a   Saito, Taiichi ^a   Nomura, Eiichi ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohtsuki, Toshiho ^a   Matsumoto, Masayasu ^a   Kurisu, Kaoru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; STROKE;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; STROKE;

EID: 65549110409     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218073     Document Type: Article

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