Lacunar stroke

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-196

  Arboix, Adrià ^a   Martí Vilaita, Josep Lluís ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Lacunar infarct; Lacunar stroke; Prognosis; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PERINDOPRIL; PIOGLITAZONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ARTERY DISSECTION; ATAXIA; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BINSWANGER ENCEPHALOPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CADASIL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; EMBOLISM; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACUNAR STROKE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SMOKING; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

BRAIN INFARCTION; HUMANS;

EID: 60549115650     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.9.2.179     Document Type: Review

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