RELATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND HIGH HAEMATOCRIT TO MORTALITY IN ACUTE STROKE

The Lancet

Volumn 321, Issue 8328, 1983, Pages 784-786

  Lowe, G D O ^a   Jaap, A J ^a   Forbes, C D ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0020584305     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(83)91848-2     Document Type: Article

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