Prediction of haematoma expansion with the CTA spot sign: A useful biomarker?

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 294-295

  Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOARAIOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858621291     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70045-5     Document Type: Letter

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