Effect of addition of clopidogrel to aspirin on subdural hematoma: Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 501-505

  Bakheet, Majid F ^a   Pearce, Lesly A ^b   Hart, Robert G ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b McMaster University ^*  (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Aspirin; Clopidogrel; Meta analysis; Subdural hematoma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE, LACUNAR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE, LACUNAR; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 84929503181     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12419     Document Type: Article

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