Long-term outcome in posterior cerebral artery stroke

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1074-1080

  Ntaios, G ^a   Spengos, K ^a   Vemmou, A M ^a   Savvari, P ^a   Koroboki, E ^a   Stranjalis, G ^a   Vemmos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ischaemic stroke; Long term outcome; Mortality; Posterior cerebral artery; Recurrence rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960320814     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03384.x     Document Type: Article

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