Cryptogenic stroke: Cryptic definition?

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Altieri, Marta ^a   Troisi, Pina ^a   Maestrini, Ilaria ^a   Lenzi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOGENIC STROKE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAY THURNER SYNDROME; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; THROMBOPHILIA;

HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 68749095287     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.553966     Document Type: Letter

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