Posterior cerebral artery infarction: Diffusion-weighted MRI analysis of 205 patients

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-305

  Lee, Eugene ^a   Kang, Dong Wha ^a   Kwon, Sun U ^a   Kim, Jong S ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Diffusion weighted MRI; Etiology; Magnetic resonance angiography; Posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 67650695338     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229016     Document Type: Article

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