Acute-onset migrainous aura mimicking acute stroke: MR perfusion imaging features

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1546-1552

  Floery, D ^a   Vosko, M R ^a   Fellner, Franz A ^a,c   Fellner, C ^b   Ginthoer, C ^a   Gruber, F ^a   Ransmayr, G ^a   Doerfler, A ^c   Uder, M ^c   Bradley, W G ^d  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; GADOBUTROL; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE AURA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866416086     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3020     Document Type: Article

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