Women Less Likely To Have A Stroke After Mini

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  February 24, 2009

EXCERPT: "That first "mini-stroke" may be more of a benign event for women than men, ...."   more

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Lichtman JH, Jones SB, Watanabe E, Allen NB, Wang Y, Howard VJ, Goldstein LB. Elderly Women Have Lower Rates of Stroke, Cardiovascular Events, and Mortality After Hospitalization for Transient Ischemic Attack. Stroke. 2009 Feb 19. [Epub ahead of print]