Methodological factors in determining rates of dementia in transient ischemic attack and stroke: (I) impact of baseline selection bias

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 641-646

  Pendlebury, Sarah T ^a,b   Chen, Ping Jen ^a,b   Bull, Linda ^a,b   Silver, Louise ^a,b   Mehta, Ziyah ^a,b   Rothwell, Peter M ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ischemic attack; Selection bias; Stroke; Transient

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DYING; DYSPHASIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTEVENT DEMENTIA; PREEVENT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTION BIAS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942844675     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.008043     Document Type: Article

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