Interobserver reliability of baseline noncontrast CT Alberta stroke program early CT score for intra-arterial stroke treatment selection

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1046-1049

  Gupta, A C ^a   Schaefer, P W ^a   Chaudhry, Z A ^a   Leslie Mazwi, T M ^a   Chandra, R V ^a   Gonzalez R G ^a   Hirsch, J A ^a   Yoo, Albert J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSULA; INTEROBSERVER RELIABILITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; RELIABILITY; STROKE;

AGED; ALBERTA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSALITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862552199     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2942     Document Type: Article

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