Transient focal neurological episodes, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and intracerebral hemorrhage risk: Looking beyond TIAs

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-108

  Charidimou, Andreas ^a   Baron, Jean Claude ^b,c   Werring, David J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Superficial cortical siderosis; TIAs; Transient focal neurological episodes

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN TINGLING; TRANSIENT FOCAL NEUROLOGICAL EPISODE; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872760684     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12035     Document Type: Article

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