Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 292, Issue 1 , Pages 36-39 , 15 May 2010

Is there a role of near-infrared spectroscopy in predicting the outcome of patients with carotid artery occlusion?

  • Paola Palazzo

      Affiliations

    • Neurologia Clinica, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy
    • ,
  • Francesco Tibuzzi

      Affiliations

    • Associazione Fatebenefratelli per la Ricerca AFaR: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale ‘San Giovanni Calibita’ Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy
    • ,
  • Patrizio Pasqualetti

      Affiliations

    • Associazione Fatebenefratelli per la Ricerca AFaR: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale ‘San Giovanni Calibita’ Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy
    • IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roma and Casa di Cura San Raffaele, Cassino, Italy
    • ,
  • Claudia Altamura

      Affiliations

    • Neurologia Clinica, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy
    • ,
  • Mauro Silvestrini

      Affiliations

    • Clinica Neurologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
    • ,
  • Francesco Passarelli

      Affiliations

    • Associazione Fatebenefratelli per la Ricerca AFaR: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale ‘San Giovanni Calibita’ Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy
    • ,
  • Paolo M. Rossini

      Affiliations

    • Neurologia Clinica, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy
    • Associazione Fatebenefratelli per la Ricerca AFaR: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale ‘San Giovanni Calibita’ Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy
    • IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roma and Casa di Cura San Raffaele, Cassino, Italy
    • ,
  • Fabrizio Vernieri

      Affiliations

    • Neurologia Clinica, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italy
    • Associazione Fatebenefratelli per la Ricerca AFaR: Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale ‘San Giovanni Calibita’ Fatebenefratelli, Isola Tiberina, Roma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Neurologia Clinica, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, Roma 00128, Italy. Tel.: +39 06 225411285; fax: +39 06 22541955.

Received 31 October 2009 ,Revised 9 February 2010 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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PII: S0022-510X(10)00087-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.02.011

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 292, Issue 1 , Pages 36-39 , 15 May 2010

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