A precise stroke classification for evaluation of ischemic stroke subtypes and their relation with diabetes: Is TOAST the best

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tuttolomondo, Antonino ^a   Pecoraro, Rosaria ^a   Pinto, Antonio ^a   Licata, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LACUNAR INFARCTION; LACUNAR SYNDROME; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS INDUCED HYPERGLYCEMIA; STROKE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79451469737     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.602508     Document Type: Letter

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