Frequency of various brain parenchymal findings of early cerebral ischemia on unenhanced CT scans

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 381-390

  Sarikaya, Basar ^a   Provenzale, James ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Insular ribbon; Lentiform nucleus; Stroke; Swelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INSULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955653261     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-010-0870-2     Document Type: Article

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