title: The frequency of symptoms in transient ischaemic attack: analysis of Nanjing Stroke Register Program data.
abstract: The clinical characteristics of 172 patients experiencing single or multiple (two or more) transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) were investigated. Risk factors, clinical manifestations and vascular examinations were compared. Intracranial and extra-cranial large-artery disease (stenosis > or = 50%) occurred more frequently in multiple-TIA patients than in single-TIA patients, and weakness and atrial fibrillation were observed more frequently in single TIA than in multiple TIA patients. The type of aetiological examination performed in TIA patients should depend on the frequency of attacks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D019992:Databases as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged