Antiplatelets versus anticoagulation in cervical artery dissection

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2605-2611

  Engelter, Stefan T ^a   Brandt, Tobias ^b   Debette, Stéphanie ^c   Caso, Valeria ^d   Lichy, Christoph ^e   Pezzini, Alessandro ^f   Abboud, Sherine ^g   Bersano, Anna ^h   Dittrich, Ralf ⁱ   Grond Ginsbach, Caspar ^e   Hausser, Ingrid ^e   Kloss, Manja ^e   Grau, Armin J ^j   Tatlisumak, Turgut ^k   Leys, Didier ^c   Lyrer, Philippe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Stroke Unit   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^h FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^j KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^k HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Antiplatelets; Antithrombotic treatment; Cervical artery; Dissection; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34548244108     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.489666     Document Type: Review

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