Population-based study of risk and predictors of stroke in the first few hours after a TIA

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 1941-1947

  Chandratheva, A ^a   Mehta, Z ^a   Geraghty, O C ^a   Marquardt, L ^a   Rothwell, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 67650034775     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a826ad     Document Type: Article

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