Epidemiological aspects of referral to TIA clinics in Glasgow

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-8

  Murray, Stan ^a   Bashir, K ^a   Lees, K R ^b   Muir, K ^c   MacAlpine, C ^d   Roberts, M ^e   Langhorne, P ^f  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTIGO; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 33947126907     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.52.1.4     Document Type: Article

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