Rapid identification of high-risk transient ischemic attacks: Prospective validation of the ABCD score

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-302

  Sciolla, Rossella ^a,b   Melis, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ASO San Luigi Gonzaga   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABCD score; Prognosis; Stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALIDATION STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39349104796     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.496612     Document Type: Article

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