The progressive course of neurological symptoms in anterior choroidal artery infarcts

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-137

  Derflinger, Sabine ^a   Fiebach, Jochen B ^b   Böttger, Stefanie ^c   Haberl, Roman L ^c   Audebert, Heinrich J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior choroidal artery; Ischemic stroke; Prognosis; Progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CHOROIDAL ARTERY INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE VESSEL DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONVALESCENCE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84915745781     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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