A reappraisal of the definition and pathophysiology of the transient ischemic attack

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hadjiev, Dimiter Ivanov ^a,b   Mineva, Petya Pencheva ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b Compl Javorov ^*  (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Neuroimaging; Oligemia; Penumbra; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INFARCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT;

EID: 33947142825     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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