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Practice Guideline
. 2008 May;39(5):1647-52.
doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.189063. Epub 2008 Mar 5.

Update to the AHA/ASA recommendations for the prevention of stroke in patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack

Robert J Adams, Greg Albers, Mark J Alberts, Oscar Benavente, Karen Furie, Larry B Goldstein, Philip Gorelick, Jonathan Halperin, Robert Harbaugh, S Claiborne Johnston, Irene Katzan, Margaret Kelly-Hayes, Edgar J Kenton, Michael Marks, Ralph L Sacco, Lee H Schwamm; American Heart Association; American Stroke Association
Practice Guideline

Update to the AHA/ASA recommendations for the prevention of stroke in patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack

Robert J Adams et al. Stroke. 2008 May.

Erratum in

  • Stroke. 2010 Jun;41(6):e455
No abstract available

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Comment in

  • The cost of stroke prevention.
    Samuelson RM, Levy EI, Siddiqui AH, Hopkins LN. Samuelson RM, et al. Stroke. 2009 Feb;40(2):e41-2; author reply e43. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.520734. Epub 2008 Dec 18. Stroke. 2009. PMID: 19095968 No abstract available.
  • When disclosures are more interesting than the evidence.
    Holloway RG, Benesch C. Holloway RG, et al. Stroke. 2009 Feb;40(2):e44; author reply e45. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.524769. Epub 2008 Dec 18. Stroke. 2009. PMID: 19095995 No abstract available.

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