Strokes: Mimics and chameleons

Practical Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-28

  Fernandes, Peter M ^a   Whiteley, William N ^b   Hart, Simon R ^a   Al Shahi Salman, Rustam ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; SEPSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84872722162     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2012-000465     Document Type: Review

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