Potential and failure of the ABCD2 score in stroke risk prediction after transient ischemic attack

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Georgios Tsivgoulis et al. Stroke. 2010 May.

. 2010 May;41(5):836-8.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.579169. Epub 2010 Mar 18.

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