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Cortical and Subcortical Brain Atrophy Assessment Using Simple Measures on NCCT Compared with MRI in Acute Stroke

Tanaporn Jaroenngarmsamer, Faysal Benali, Joachim Fladt, Nishita Singh, Fouzi Bala, Michael Tymianski, Michael D. Hill, Mayank Goyal and Aravind Ganesh On behalf of the ESCAPE-NA1 Investigators
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7981
Tanaporn Jaroenngarmsamer
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
bFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital (T.J.), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Faysal Benali
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
cDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (F. Benali), Maastricht University Medical Center+ (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Joachim Fladt
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
dDepartment of Neurology and Stroke Center (J.F.), University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Nishita Singh
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Fouzi Bala
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Michael Tymianski
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Michael D. Hill
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
fDepartment of Radiology (M.D.H., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
gDepartment of Community Health Sciences (M.D.H.), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
hHotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education (M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
iDepartment of Medicine, (M.D.H.), University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Mayank Goyal
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
fDepartment of Radiology (M.D.H., M.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Aravind Ganesh
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (T.J., F. Benali, J.F., N.S., F. Bala, M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
hHotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education (M.D.H., M.G., A.G.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
iDepartment of Medicine, (M.D.H.), University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Tanaporn Jaroenngarmsamer, Faysal Benali, Joachim Fladt, Nishita Singh, Fouzi Bala, Michael Tymianski, Michael D. Hill, Mayank Goyal, Aravind Ganesh
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