Stroke and transient ischemic attack-mimicking conditions: A prospective analysis of risk factors and clinical profiles at a general hospital

Neurologia

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 355-360

  García Moncó, J Carlos ^a   Marrodan A ^a   Foncea Beti, N ^a   Gomez Beldarrain M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mimicking conditions; Stroke; Transient ischemic attacks; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VOMITING; BRAIN TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036668804     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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