Essential investigations of patients with suspected TIAs

European Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages 17-20

  Anwer, Ursula E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerotic disease; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioembolic event; Carotid endarterectomy; Duplex ultrasonography; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031882846     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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