Posterior versus anterior circulation strokes: Comparison of clinical, radiological and outcome characteristics

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-37

  De Marchis, Gian Marco ^a   Kohler, Adrian ^a   Renz, Nora ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a   Mono, Marie Luise ^a   Jung, Simon ^a   Fischer, Urs ^a   Karameshev, Alexander I ^a   Brekenfeld, Caspar ^a   Gralla, Jan ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650469780     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.211151     Document Type: Article

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