Silent brain infarction in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Van Latum, J C ^a   Van Kooten, F ^a   Koudstaal, P J ^a   Van Gijn, J ^b   Kappelle, L J ^b   Algra, A ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030013920     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.1.159     Document Type: Article

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