A note on the hyperdense middle cerebral artery sign

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-

  Heckmann, Josef Georg ^a  

^a Municipal Hospital Landshut   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY SIGN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THROMBECTOMY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884213846     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201634     Document Type: Letter

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