Profile of stroke in a teaching university hospital in the western region

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1030-1033

  Qari, Faiza A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral infarction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0001269769     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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