Deep vein thrombosis following ischemic stroke among Asians

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-250

  De Silva, Deidre Anne ^a,b   Huey, Bee Pey ^a   Meng, Cheong Wong ^a   Hui, Meng Chang ^a   Chen, Christopher P L H ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian stroke patients; Deep vein thrombosis; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33748340615     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094011     Document Type: Article

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