Transient ischaemic attacks: Mimics and chameleons

Practical Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-31

  Nadarajan, V ^a   Perry, R J ^a   Johnson, J ^a   Werring, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; STROKE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; STROKE;

EID: 84892979077     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2013-000782     Document Type: Review

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