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Stroke subtype classification: a comparative study of ASCO and modified TOAST.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Mar 2012
Shang Wan yu, Liu Jun yan
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The ASCO stroke classification may be an improvement over the modified TOAST for etiological diagnoses. We aimed to compare the differences in stroke subtype classification between these two classification system. METHODS: Selected for this study were 425 first-time acute ischemic stroke patients. For each, the cause of ischemic stroke was classified according to both the ASCO and modified...
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