Diagnostic usefulness of the ABCD2 score to distinguish transient ischemic attack and minor ischemic stroke from noncerebrovascular events: The North Dublin TIA study

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3449-3454

  Sheehan, Orla C ^a   Merwick, Aine ^a   Kelly, Lisa A ^a   Hannon, Niamh ^a   Marnane, Michael ^a   Kyne, Lorraine ^a   McCormack, Patricia M E ^b   Duggan, Joseph ^a   Moore, Alan ^c   Moroney, Joan ^a   Daly, Leslie ^d   Harris, Dawn ^a   Horgan, Gillian ^a   Kelly, Peter J ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ABCD2 score; Cerebrovascular disorders; Diagnosis; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE;

EID: 70350534679     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.557074     Document Type: Article

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