The ABCD and ABCD2 as predictors of stroke in transient ischemic attack clinic outpatients: A retrospective cohort study over 14 years

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 679-685

  Harrison, J K ^a   Sloan, B ^a   Dawson, J ^a   Lees, K R ^a   Morrison, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABCD SCORING SYSTEM; ABCD2 SCORING SYSTEM; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 77955876444     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq108     Document Type: Article

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