Blood pressure and risk of stroke in patients with cerebrovascular disease

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7050, 1996, Pages 147-

  Rodgers, Anthony ^a   MacMahon, Stephen ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a   Slattery, Jim ^b   Sandercock, Peter ^b   Warlow, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 8944259445     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7050.147     Document Type: Article

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