Cerebral microbleeds: Do they really predict macrobleeding?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 565-566

  Vernooij, Meike W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Microbleeds; MRI

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE PATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84866480845     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00886.x     Document Type: Note

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