ABCD2 Score May Discriminate Minor Stroke from TIA on Patient Admission

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-135

  Zhao, Hui ^a,b   Li, Qingjie ^a   Lu, Mengru ^a   Shao, Yuan ^a,b   Li, Jingwei ^a,b   Xu, Yun ^a,b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blood Lipids; DSA; Minor Stroke; TIA

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; LIPID;

ABCD 2 SCORE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893611542     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-013-0286-x     Document Type: Article

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