Transient Ischemic Attacks: Part I. Diagnosis and Evaluation

American Family Physician

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1665-1674+1679

  Solenski, Nina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LIPID;

ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR PATENCY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 1842737250     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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