Posterior circulation ASPECTS on diffusion-weighted MRI can be a powerful marker for predicting functional outcom

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 767-773

  Tei, Hideaki ^a   Uchiyama, Shinichiro ^b   Usui, Toru ^a   Ohara, Kuniko ^a  

^a Toda Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASPECTS; Diffusion weighted; MRI; Outcome assessment after stroke; Posterior circulation infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGATROBAN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NORPHENAZONE; OZAGREL; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DETERIORATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; VITAL SIGN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954459046     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5406-x     Document Type: Article

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