Incidence of transient ischemic attack and early stroke risk: Validation of the ABCD2 score in an Italian population-based study

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2751-2757

  Cancelli, Iacopo ^a   Janes, Francesco ^a   Gigli, Gian Luigi ^a   Perelli, Anna ^a   Zanchettin, Barbara ^a   Canal, Giessica ^a   D'Anna, Lucio ^a   Russo, Valentina ^a   Barbone, Fabio ^a   Valente, Mariarosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular accident; epidemiology; outcome; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 80053310166     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.612705     Document Type: Article

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