Transient Ischemic Attack Overview: Defining the Challenges for Improving Outcomes

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Jagoda, Andy ^a   Chan, Yu Feng Yvonne ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RISK; STROKE;

EID: 48949119149     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.04.030     Document Type: Article

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