Systematic review and pooled analysis of published and unpublished validations of the ABCD and ABCD2 transient ischemic attack risk scores

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 667-673

  Giles, Matthew F ^a   Rothwell, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABCD score; ABCD2 score; Meta analysis; Risk; Risk prediction; Systematic review; TIA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALIDATION STUDY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950274089     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.571174     Document Type: Article

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