Do all young ischemic stroke patients need long-term secondary preventive medication?

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 609-611

  Naess, Halvor ^a   Waje Andreassen, U ^a   Thomassen, L ^a   Nyland, H ^a   Myhr, K M ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING;

EID: 23844456933     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000173029.89752.7b     Document Type: Article

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