Accuracy of diffusion-weighted imaging in the diagnosis of stroke in patients with suspected cerebral infarct

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1169-1171

  Brunser, Alejandro M ^a   Hoppe, Arnold ^a   Illanes, Sergio ^a   Díaz, Violeta ^a   Munoz, Paula ^a   Cárcamo, Daniel ^a   Olavarria, Verónica ^a   Valenzuela, Marcela ^a   Lavados, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diffusion weighted imaging; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876291221     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000527     Document Type: Article

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