The effect of brain atrophy on outcome after a large cerebral infarction

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1316-1321

  Lee, Sang Hyung ^a   Oh, Chang Wan ^b   Han, Jung Ho ^b   Kim, Chae Yong ^b   Kwon, O Ki ^b   Son, Young Je ^a   Bae, Hee Joon ^b   Han, Moon Ku ^b   Chung, Young Seob ^a  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649688867     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.197335     Document Type: Article

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