Cerebral white matter hyperintensities predict functional stroke outcome

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Liou, Li Min ^a,c   Chen, Chien Fu ^a,c   Guo, Yuh Cherng ^a,c   Cheng, Hsiu Ling ^a   Lee, Hui Lin ^a   Hsu, Jui Sheng ^b,d   Lin, Ruey Tay ^c   Lin, Hsiu Fen ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Functional stroke outcome; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350700469     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000255970     Document Type: Article

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