The impact of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) on ischemic stroke detection and incidence: Minimal impact within a population-based study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kleindorfer, Dawn ^b   Khoury, Jane ^a   Alwell, Kathleen ^b   Moomaw, Charles J ^b   Woo, Daniel ^b   Flaherty, Matthew L ^b   Adeoye, Opeolu ^b   Ferioli, Simona ^b   Khatri, Pooja ^b   Kissela, Brett M ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Brain imaging; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; KENTUCKY; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENTUCKY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; STROKE;

EID: 84942154899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-015-0421-2     Document Type: Article

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