The clinical course and outcome in patients with acute ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack in relation to severe carotid disease

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 242, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Roden Jullig A ^a,b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Progressing stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0030778541     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1997.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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