Why do acute ischemic stroke patients with a preceding transient ischemic attack present with less severe strokes? - Insights from the German stroke study

European Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 265-270

  Weber, R ^a   Diener, H C ^a   Weimar, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ischemic preconditioning; Ischemic stroke; Neuroprotection; Stroke etiology; Stroke severity; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 80053926713     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331593     Document Type: Article

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