Three clinical features identified to avoid misdiagnosis of TIAs

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 12:49 in Health & Medicine

For mini-strokes, or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis can be perilous. Overdiagnosis neglects the real underlying illness. Underdiagnosis leaves a patient at risk of a full-fledged stroke. Both expose patients to erroneous therapies with potential side effect...

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