Atrial fibrillation and stroke: Prevalence in different types of stroke and influence on early and long term prognosis (Oxfordshire community stroke project)

British Medical Journal

Volumn 305, Issue 6867, 1992, Pages 1460-1465

  Sandercock, P ^a   Bamford, J ^a   Dennis, M ^a   Burn, J ^a   Slattery, J ^a   Jones, L ^a   Boonyakarnkul, S ^a   Warlow, C ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0026494990     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.305.6867.1460     Document Type: Article

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