MR screening of candidates for thrombolysis: How to identify stroke mimics?

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 283-295

  Daniere F ^a   Edjlali Goujon, M ^a   Mellerio, C ^a   Turc, G ^a   Naggara, O ^a   Tselikas, L ^a   Ben Hassen, W ^a   Tisserand, M ^a   Lamy, C ^a   Souillard Scemama, R ^a   Flais, S ^b   Meder, J F ^a   Oppenheim, C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRI; Stroke mimic; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; GLIOSIS; HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MELAS SYNDROME; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; REVIEW; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MASS SCREENING; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASS SCREENING; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; PATIENT SELECTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84921988304     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2014.05.008     Document Type: Review

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