The Scandinavian Stroke Scale predicts outcome in patients with mild ischemic stroke

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-48

  Christensen, Hanne ^a,b   Boysen, Gudrun ^a   Truelsen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute cerebral infarction; Neurological deficits; Prognosis; Scandinavian Stroke Scale

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DENMARK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22344451681     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086280     Document Type: Article

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