Do gender and race impact the use of antithrombotic therapy in patients with stroke/TIA?

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2313-2315

  Lisabeth, Lynda D ^a,d   Roychoudhury, Canopy ^b   Brown, Devin L ^a   Levine, Steven R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Michigan Peer Review Organization   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942741098     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000130500.44011.75     Document Type: Article

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