Prevalence and long-term clinical significance of intracranial atherosclerosis after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: A cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ovesen, Christian ^a   Abild, Annemette ^a   Christensen, Anders Fogh ^a   Rosenbaum, Sverre ^a   Hansen, Christine Krarup ^a   Havsteen, Inger ^a   Nielsen, Jens Kellberg ^a   Christensen, Hanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE;

AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL STENOSIS; INTRACRANIAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE UNIT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84886703373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003724     Document Type: Article

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