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Mass Effect and Death from Severe Acute Stroke
Neurol 49:1090-1095, Pullicino,P.M.,et al, 1997
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Article Abstract
The degree of horizontal midline cerebral displacement correlates with the likelihood of death following stroke.Patients with>/=4 mm PD on CT performed within 48 hours of stroke onset are at high risk for early death.
 
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