Incidence of transient ischemic attacks and minor ischemic strokes in Segovia, Spain

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 667-671

  Sempere, Angel P ^a,b   Duarte, Jacinto ^a   Cabezas, C ^a   Clavería, Luis E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

cerebral ischemia, transient; epidemiology; incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0029965141     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.4.667     Document Type: Article

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