Defining the CT angiography 'spot sign' in primary intracerebral hemorrhage

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 456-461

  Thompson, Andrew L ^a,b   Kosior, Jayme C ^c   Gladstone, David J ^b   Hopyan, Julia J ^b   Symons, Sean P ^a   Romero, Francisco ^d   Dzialowski, Imanuel ^e   Roy, Jayanta ^f   Demchuk, Andrew M ^c   Aviv, Richard I ^a  

^a Division of Neuroradiology   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f Advanced Medicare Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 68349109475     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100007782     Document Type: Article

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