Could discontinuation of aspirin therapy be a trigger for stroke? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 300-301

  Llinas, Rafael H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Discontinuation; Ischemia; Risk factor; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURGERY; TELEPHONE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33744533123     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0196     Document Type: Short Survey

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