Redefinition of transient ischemic attack improves prognosis of transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: An example of the Will Rogers phenomenon

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3612-3613

  Mullen, Michael T ^a   Cucchiara, Brett L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitions; Epidemiology; Prognosis; TIA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; WILL ROGERS PHENOMENON;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856235997     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.627877     Document Type: Article

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