Higher ABCD 2 score predicts patients most likely to have true transient ischemic attack

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3096-3098

  Josephson, S Andrew ^a,d   Sidney, Stephen ^b   Pham, Trinh N ^a   Bernstein, Allan L ^c   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d Box 0114 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 55749112140     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.514562     Document Type: Article

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