Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of stroke

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 843-852

  Pedraza, Salvador ^a   Puig, Josep ^a   Remollo, Sebastian ^a   Quiles, Ana ^a   Gomez, Eva ^a   Laguillo, Gemma ^a   Blasco, Gerard ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiography; Diffusion; Magnetic resonance; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANISOTROPY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 76049092846     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530050802181957     Document Type: Review

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