Oral antiplatelet therapy in stroke prevention. Minireview

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-210

  Kral, Michal ^a   Herzig, Roman ^a   Sanak, Daniel ^a   Skoloudik, David ^a   Vlachova, Ivanka ^a   Bartkova, Andrea ^a   Hlustik, Petr ^a   Kovacik, Michal ^b   Kanovsky, Petr ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Central Military Hospital   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Ischemic stroke; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049286815     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 12138118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2010.031     Document Type: Article

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