Transient ischemic attack and minor stroke are the most common manifestations of acute cerebrovascular disease: A prospective, population-based study - The Aarhus TIA study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-55

  Von Weitzel Mudersbach, Paul ^a   Andersen, Grethe ^a   Hundborg, Heidi H ^a   Johnsen, Soren P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Ischemic stroke; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867454870     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341696     Document Type: Article

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