Early stroke risk after transient ischemic attack among individuals with symptomatic intracranial artery stenosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 733-737

  Ovbiagele, Bruce ^a,e   Cruz Flores, Salvador ^b   Lynn, Michael J ^c   Chimowitz, Marc I ^d  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45149109938     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.6.733     Document Type: Article

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