Brain imaging in patients with transient ischemic attack: A comparison of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

European Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 136-141

  Forster A ^a   Gass, A ^a   Kern, R ^a   Ay, H ^b   Chatzikonstantinou, A ^a   Hennerici, M G ^a   Szabo, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; MRI; TIA; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855907366     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333286     Document Type: Article

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