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National Stroke Association guidelines for the management of transient ischemic attacks

  1. S. Claiborne Johnston MD, PhD1,2,†,*,
  2. Mai N. Nguyen-Huynh MD1,†,
  3. Miriam E. Schwarz BS1,†,
  4. Kate Fuller MA1,†,
  5. Christina E. Williams BA, MS1,†,
  6. S. Andrew Josephson MD1,†,
  7. Graeme J. Hankey MBBS, MD3,‡,
  8. Robert G. Hart MD4,‡,
  9. Steven R. Levine MD5,‡,
  10. Jose Biller MD6,‡,
  11. Robert D. Brown Jr MD, MPH7,‡,
  12. Ralph L. Sacco MD, MS8,‡,
  13. L. Jaap Kappelle MD9,‡,
  14. Peter J. Koudstaal MD10,‡,
  15. Julien Bogousslavsky MD11,‡,
  16. Louis R. Caplan MD12,‡,
  17. Jan van Gijn MD13,‡,
  18. Ale Algra MD14,‡,
  19. Peter M. Rothwell MD, PhD15,‡,
  20. Harold P. Adams MD16,‡,
  21. Gregory W. Albers MD17,‡

Article first published online: 15 AUG 2006

DOI: 10.1002/ana.20942

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Annals of Neurology

Annals of Neurology

Volume 60, Issue 3, pages 301–313, September 2006

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Johnston, S. C., Nguyen-Huynh, M. N., Schwarz, M. E., Fuller, K., Williams, C. E., Josephson, S. A., Hankey, G. J., Hart, R. G., Levine, S. R., Biller, J., Brown, R. D., Sacco, R. L., Kappelle, L. J., Koudstaal, P. J., Bogousslavsky, J., Caplan, L. R., van Gijn, J., Algra, A., Rothwell, P. M., Adams, H. P. and Albers, G. W. (2006), National Stroke Association guidelines for the management of transient ischemic attacks. Ann Neurol., 60: 301–313. doi: 10.1002/ana.20942

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  1. 1

    Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA

  3. 3

    Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

  4. 4

    Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

  5. 5

    Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

  6. 6

    Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

  7. 7

    Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

  8. 8

    Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology, Neurological Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

  9. 9

    Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute, University Medical Center, Utrecht

  10. 10

    Department of Neurology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  11. 11

    Department of Neurology; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

  12. 12

    Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

  13. 13

    Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  14. 14

    Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute and the Julius Center for Health and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  15. 15

    Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, United Kingdom

  16. 16

    Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

  17. 17

    Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford Stroke Center, Palo Alto, CA

  1. †

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  2. ‡

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*Department of Neurology, Box 0114, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-798, San Francisco, CA 94143-0114

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 SEP 2006
  2. Article first published online: 15 AUG 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 JUN 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 26 JUN 2006
  5. Manuscript Revised: 19 JUN 2006

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