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Low Yield in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Attacks
Neurol 40:747-748, Rolak,L.A.,et al, 1990
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Article Abstract
Among 163 patients presenting with the clinical features of a TIA, extensive testing identified only 2 patients with nonatherosclerotic causes.We conclude that most patients with a TIA have atherosclerotic vascular disease and that screening tests for other etiologies have a low yield.
 
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