Combined clopidogrel–aspirin treatment for high risk TIA or minor stroke does not increase cerebral microbleeds

Neurological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 993-997

  Wang, Zhiming ^a   Xu, Chenghua ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Wang, Yilong ^b   Xin, Huaping ^a  

^a The First People s Hospital of Taizhou   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral microbleeds; Clopidogrel aspirin; High risk TIA or minor stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; PLACEBO; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ASPIRIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TICLOPIDINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942099083     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132815Y.0000000087     Document Type: Article

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