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Underestimation of the early risk of recurrent stroke: evidence of the need for a standard definition.

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BACKGROUND: There is considerable variation in the definitions used for recurrent stroke. Most epidemiological studies exclude events within the first 28 days (eg, Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease [MONICA]) or events within 21 days in the same territory as the presenting event (eg, most stroke incidence studies). However, recurrence is most common during this early period and these restrictive definitions could underestimate the benefits of early prevention. METHOD...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Sub department:
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Role:
Author
Journal:
Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Volume:
35
Issue:
8
Pages:
1925-1929
Publication date:
2004-08-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1524-4628
ISSN:
0039-2499
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:119147
UUID:
uuid:89fdbfdb-9762-4bf0-8ff0-676cc091b351
Local pid:
pubs:119147
Source identifiers:
119147
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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