A recent study has combined clinical, laboratory and imaging parameters, all acquired within 48 h of clinical onset of middle cerebral artery territory stroke, in the same logistic regression model to predict 1-month functional outcome. A composite set of five independent items was found to be associated with good outcome.
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Baron, JC. Predicting outcome after ischemic stroke—hard but achievable. Nat Rev Neurol 7, 253–254 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2011.47
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