Hematoma Expansion in Intracerebral Hemorrhage With Unclear Onset

Andrea Morotti1, Gregoire Boulouis2, Andreas Charidimou2

  • 1From UO Neurologia (A.M.), Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Valcamonica, Esine, Italy; Neuroradiology Department (G. Boulouis), Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, Paris, France; J.P. Kistler Stroke Research Center, Department of Neurology (A. Charidimou, Q.L., A.D.W., C.D.A., M.E.G., A.B., A.V., S.M.G., J.R., J.N.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica (L.P., A. Pezzini, A. Padovani), Università degli Studi di Brescia; UO di Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Clinico Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia; UOC Neurologia (V.D.G.), ASST Cremona; UC Malattie Cerebrovascolari e Stroke Unit (E.L., F.M., A. Cavallini) and UC Neurologia d'Urgenza (E.L., F.M., G.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Mondino, Pavia; Dipartimento di Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sperimentali e Cliniche, Neuroradiologia, Università degliStudi di Firenze (G. Busto, E.F.), and Stroke Unit (F.A., A.Z.), Ospedale Universitario Careggi, Firenze; UOC Neurologia e Rete Stroke, Metropolitana (L.B., S.G.), and Unità di Neuroradiologia (L.S.), IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Ospedale Maggiore; Clinica Neurologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Chirurgico Specialistiche (M.L., I.C.), Università degli studi diFerrara, Ospedale Universitario S. Anna, Ferrara; Neurologia e Stroke Unit (E.C.), Ospedale di Circolo, ASST Settelaghi, Varese; Stroke Unit (M.G., M.M.), Neurologia Vascolare, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology, Department of Neurology (C.D.A., J.R., J.N.G.), Harvard Medical School, Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health (C.D.A., J.R., J.N.G.), and Department of Emergency Medicine (J.N.G.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. andrea.morotti85@gmail.com.

Neurology
|April 2, 2021
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