Performance of the ABCD2 score for stroke risk post TIA meta-analysis and probability modeling

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 971-980

  Sanders, Lauren M ^a,b   Srikanth, Velandai K ^a,b   Blacker, David J ^c,d   Jolley, Damien J ^a   Cooper, Kimberlea A ^a   Phan, Thanh G ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCD2 SCORE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84866065817     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825f9d02     Document Type: Article

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