Preliminary results of randomized controlled study on decompressive craniectomy in treatment of malignant middle cerebral artery stroke

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 521-524

  Slezins, Janis ^a   Keris, Valdis ^b   Bricis, Raimonds ^a   Millers, Andrejs ^a   Valeinis, Egils ^a   Stukens, Janis ^a   Minibajeva, Olga ^a  

^a PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^b RIGA EAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Decompressive craniectomy; Malignant middle cerebral artery stroke; Space occupyingedema

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875518322     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48100076     Document Type: Article

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