Most stroke patients do not get a warning: A population-based cohort study

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1074-1076

  Hackam, D G ^a,e   Kapral, M K ^b,c,d   Wang, J T ^b   Fang, J ^b   Hachinski, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre (SPARC)   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 70349653350     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181b9c8e5     Document Type: Article

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