Multicenter external validation of the ABCD2 score in triaging TIA patients

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1351-1357

  Tsivgoulis, G ^a   Stamboulis, E ^b   Sharma, V K ^c   Heliopoulos, I ^a   Voumvourakis, K ^a,b   Teoh, H L ^c   Patousi, A ^a   Andrikopoulou, A ^b   Lim, E L ^c   Stilou, L ^a,b   Sim, T B ^c   Chan, B P L ^c   Stefanis, L ^b   Vadikolias, K ^a,b   Piperidou, C ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNICITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WEAKNESS;

EID: 77951749588     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181dad63e     Document Type: Article

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