Recent advances in magnetic resonance imaging in posterior circulation stroke: Implications for diagnosis and prognosis

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-277

  Förster, Alex ^a   Griebe, Martin ^a   Gass, Achim ^a   Hennerici, Michael G ^a   Szabo, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STROKE; SUSCEPTIBLE WEIGHTED IMAGING;

EID: 79955845114     PISSN: 10928464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11936-011-0119-8     Document Type: Article

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