Diffusion-weighted ASPECTS as an independent marker for predicting functional outcome

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 559-565

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

^a Toda Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGATROBAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NORPHENAZONE; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALBERTA STROKE PROGRAM EARLY CT SCORE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 79953814629     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5787-x     Document Type: Article

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