Early use of MRI improves diagnostic accuracy in young adults with stroke

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 62-64

  Bhattacharya, Pratik ^a   Nagaraja, Nandakumar ^a   Rajamani, Kumar ^a   Madhavan, Ramesh ^a   Santhakumar, Sunitha ^a   Chaturvedi, Seemant ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; MRI; Stroke in young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870863010     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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