Combination of T2*W and Flair abnormalities for the prediction of parenchymal hematoma following thrombolytic therapy in 100 stroke patients: Clinical investigative study

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-316

  Fiehler, Jens ^a   Siemonsen, Susanne ^a   Thomalla, Goetz ^a   Illies, Till ^a   Kucinski, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Children's University Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hematoma; Parenchymal; Prediction; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HEMATOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 70349496210     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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