Classifying Ischemic Stroke, from TOAST to CISS

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 452-456

  Chen, Pei Hao ^a,b,c   Gao, Shan ^d   Wang, Yong Jun ^e   Xu, An Ding ^f   Li, Yan Sheng ^g   Wang, David ^h  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^e CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

ASCO; CCS; CISS; Classification system; Ischemic stroke; TOAST

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84862788787     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2011.00292.x     Document Type: Review

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