Early time course of FLAIR signal intensity differs between acute ischemic stroke patients with and without hyperintense acute reperfusion marker

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-146

  Ostwaldt, Ann Christin ^a   Rozanski, Michal ^a   Schmidt, Wolf U ^a   Nolte, Christian H ^a   Hotter, Benjamin ^a   Jungehuelsing, Gerhard J ^a   Villringer, Kersten ^a   Fiebach, Jochen B ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Ischemic stroke; Magnetic resonance imaging; Time course

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SIGNAL DETECTION; ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE;

AGED; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPERFUSION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893167214     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357422     Document Type: Article

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