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Effect of brain edema on infarct volume in a focal cerebral ischemia model in rats.

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1993

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Abstract

Traditional direct measurement of infarct volume is associated with an overestimation of infarct volume during the development of brain edema in the first 3 days after ischemia. This artifact can be reduced with indirect measurement, which is based on noninfarcted cortex volume.