Cerebral microbleeds and recurrent stroke risk: Systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack cohorts

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 995-1001

  Charidimou, Andreas ^a   Kakar, Puneet ^b   Fox, Zoe ^c   Werring, David J ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral microbleeds; Intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84876286028     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.000038     Document Type: Review

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