Predicting outcome after acute basilar artery occlusion based on admission characteristics

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1058-1063

  Greving, J P ^a   Schonewille, W J ^b,c   Wijman, C A C ^d   Michel, P ^e   Kappelle, L J ^b   Algra, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84860778331     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31824e8f40     Document Type: Article

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