Validity of the NIHSS in predicting arterial occlusion in cerebral infarction is time-dependent

Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-68

  Olavarria V V ^a   Delgado, I ^a   Hoppe, A ^a   Brunser, A ^a   Carcamo D ^a   Diaz Tapia V ^a,b   Lavados, P M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 78751604202     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318203e977     Document Type: Article

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