Posterior circulation infarcts simulating anterior circulation stroke: Perspective of the acute phase

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1306-1309

  Argentino, Corrado ^a,b   De Michele, Manuela ^a   Fiorelli, Marco ^a   Toni, Danilo ^a   Sacchetti, Maria Luisa ^a   Cavalletti, Cristina ^a   Sette, Giuliano ^a   Falcou, Anne ^a   Bastianello, Stefano ^a   Bozzao, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebral ischemia; diagnosis; stroke assessment; vertebrobasilar circulation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 9444219645     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.8.1306     Document Type: Article

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