Is MRI more accurate than CT in patients with suspected acute stroke?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-100

  Hall, Christopher ^a   Lang, Eddy ^a,b  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STROKE;

EID: 79959378175     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.10.014     Document Type: Editorial

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