Transient ischemic attack and acute ischemic stroke: Associations with retinal microvascular signs

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 404-408

  Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Baker, Michelle L ^a   Hand, Peter J ^a   Hankey, Graeme J ^c   Lindley, Richard I ^b   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Wong, Tien Y ^a,d   Liew, Gerald ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cerebral infarct; intracerebral hemorrhage; lacunar infarcts; pathogenesis; retinal vascular signs; retinopathy; TIA

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79251624174     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.598599     Document Type: Article

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