Clinical and imaging services for TIA and minor stroke: Results of two surveys of practice across the UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Brazzelli, Miriam ^a,b   Shuler, Kirsten ^a,c   Quayyum, Zahid ^b   Hadley, Donald ^c,d   Muir, Keith ^c,d   McNamee, Paul ^b   De Wilde, Janet ^c,e   Dennis, Martin ^a   Sandercock, Peter ^a,c   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Imaging Network   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CASE MIX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED KINGDOM; WEBCAST; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84885354161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003359     Document Type: Article

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