How much diffusion lesion reversal occurs after treatment within three-hours of stroke onset?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 329-330

  Campbell, Bruce C V ^a   Davis, Stephen M ^a   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion lesion reversal; Infarction; Ischemic stroke; MRI; Plasminogen activator; Thrombolysis; Tissue reperfusion

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; SALVAGE THERAPY;

FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84879490067     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12101     Document Type: Article

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