Baseline Characteristics of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Suburban Area of Thailand

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-85

  Dharmasaroja, Pornpatr ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

aspirin nonresponder; carotid stenosis; Stroke; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THAILAND; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PILOT PROJECTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SUBURBAN HEALTH; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 40749097693     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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