Comparison of two hospital stroke scores with computerized tomography in ascertaining stroke type among Nigerians

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-18

  Salawu, Fatai ^a,c   Umar, I ^b   Danburam, A ^c  

^a State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Score; Stroke; Type computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GUY HOSPITAL STROKE SCORE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIRIRAJ HOSPITAL STROKE SCORE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349120415     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55758     Document Type: Article

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