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Instrumental Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Clinician’s Perspective

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Maturation Phenomenon in Cerebral Ischemia III

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It is difficult to estimate the impact of experimental work on mechanisms of induction and protection of cellular damage in the “real world” of neurological diseases. This is particularly difficult for ischemic stroke, although clinicians are now actively collaborating with basic scientists and technologists in order to implement effective therapeutic strategies for stroke victims. Important tasks for the clinician include: (1) the identification of the most appropriate diagnostic techniques, (2) the set up of organized stroke care, and (3) the design and realization of rigorous clinical trials. In the following pages, we review the current options for instrumental diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180, Japan

    Umeo Ito

  2. Dipartimenti di Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Viale dell’University 30, 00185, Roma, Italy

    Cesare Fieschi

  3. Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED Research Laboratories, Via Atinense 18, 86077, Pozzilli (Isernia), Italy

    Francesco Orzi

  4. Department of Neuropathology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, 113 Tokyo, Japan

    Toshihiko Kuroiwa

  5. National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Neuropathology and Neuroanatomical Sciences, NINDS, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4128, USA

    Igor Klatzo

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Fieschi, C. et al. (1999). Instrumental Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Clinician’s Perspective. In: Ito, U., Fieschi, C., Orzi, F., Kuroiwa, T., Klatzo, I. (eds) Maturation Phenomenon in Cerebral Ischemia III. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58602-6_34

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