Regular or "super-aspirins"? A review of thienopyridines or aspirin to prevent stroke

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 487-489

  Ernst, Michael E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TICLOPIDINE;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 0035028452     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49097.x     Document Type: Note

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