Early magnetic resonance imaging in transient ischemic attack and minor stroke: Do it or lose it

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 671-674

  Moreau, François ^a,b   Modi, Jayesh ^b   Almekhlafi, Mohammed ^b,e   Bal, Simer ^b,d   Goyal, Mayank ^b,c   Hill, Michael D ^b,c   Coutts, Shelagh B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876294585     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.680033     Document Type: Article

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