Clinical presentation and diffusion weighted MRI of acute cerebral infarction. The Bergen Stroke Study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Naess, Halvor ^a   Brogger Jr , Jan C ^a   Idicula, Titto ^a   Waje Andreassen, Ulrike ^a   Moen, Gunnar ^a   Thomassen, Lars ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LACUNAR SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARTIAL ANTERIOR CIRCULATION SYNDROME; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION SYNDROME; RATING SCALE; TOTAL ANTERIOR CIRCULATION SYNDROME; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69949094631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-9-44     Document Type: Article

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