A recognition tool for transient ischaemic attack

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Dawson, Jesse ^a,b   Lamb, K E ^a   Quinn, T J ^a   Lees, K R ^a   Horvers, M ^a   Verrijth, M J ^a   Walters, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIPLOPIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 58149084985     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn139     Document Type: Article

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