Cortical border-zone infarcts: Clinical features, causes and outcome

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 771-775

  Joinlambert, Claire ^a   Saliou, Guillaume ^a   Flamand Roze, Constance ^a   Masnou, Pascal ^a   Sarov, Mariana ^a   Souillard, Raphaelle ^a,b   Saliou Théaudin, Marie ^a   Guedj, Thierry ^a   Assayag, Patrick ^a,b   Ducreux, Denis ^a,b,c   Adams, David ^a,b,c   Denier, Christian ^a,c  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Universite Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL BORDER ZONE INFARCT; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; APHASIA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863989820     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302401     Document Type: Article

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