Outcome of decompressive craniectomy in comparison to nonsurgical treatment in patients with malignant MCA infarction

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Rahmanian, Abdolkarim ^a   Seifzadeh, Babak ^a   Razmkon, Ali ^a,b   Petramfar, Peyman ^c   Kivelev, Juri ^d   Alibai, Ehsan Ali ^a   Hernesniemi, Juha ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Decompressive craniectomy; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899498385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-115     Document Type: Article

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