Editorial: the ischemic penumbra: still the target for stroke therapies?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD , USA ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD , USA ; Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD , USA.
² Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK ; INSERM U894, Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France.

Argye E Hillis et al. Front Neurol. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 22:6:85.

doi: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00085. eCollection 2015.

¹ Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD , USA ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, MD , USA ; Department of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD , USA.
² Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK ; INSERM U894, Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France.

No abstract available

Keywords: CT perfusion; MRI perfusion; acute ischemic stroke; penumbra; tissue plasminogen activator.

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