Atypical presentations of acute cerebrovascular syndromes

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-560

  Edlow, Jonathan A ^a,b   Selim, Magdy H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE STROKE; AGE; AGNOSIA; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; AMNESIA; APRAXIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSARTHRIA; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUTISM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; STROKE; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956059082     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70069-2     Document Type: Review

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