Is the ABCD score truly useful?

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1636-

  Hill, Michael D ^a   Weir, Nicolas U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ABCD SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITALIZATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745958084     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000230125.04355.e5     Document Type: Editorial

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