Detection of acute brainstem infarction by using DWI/MRI

European Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-150

  Etgen, Thorleif ^a   Von Einsiedel, Helga Gräfin ^a   Röttinger, Michael ^a   Winbeck, Kerstin ^a   Conrad, Bastian ^a   Sander, Dirk ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem infarction; Different rater expertise; Diffusion weighted imaging

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9244230653     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081623     Document Type: Article

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