Transient ischaemic attacks: unstable, treatable, neglected

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9596, 2007, Pages 1398-1400

  Dean, Naeem ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^b  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348858164     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61449-4     Document Type: Note

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