TOAST classification of subtypes of lschaemic stroke: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in stroke - A four-year observation

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 319-324

  Paradowski, Bogusław ^a,c   Maciejak, Andrzej ^b  

^a Medical Academy in Wroclaw   (Poland)

^b Department of Neurology   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ischaemic stroke; Prevention; Rankin scale; TOAST

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27644449578     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087931     Document Type: Article

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