Penumbra and reperfusion in acute ischaemic stroke: What's in a name?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1169-1170

  Leker, R R ^a   Liebeskind, D S ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PENUMBRA SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPERFUSION; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; REPERFUSION; STROKE;

EID: 70350130852     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02751.x     Document Type: Editorial

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