Use of DWI-only MR protocol for screening stroke mimics

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 328, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 37-40

  Eichel, Roni ^a   Hur, Tamir Ben ^a   Gomori, John M ^a   Cohen, Jose E ^a   Leker, Ronen R ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MRI; Stroke; Stroke mimics; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CONFUSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876132122     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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