Stroke in thyrotoxicosis with atrial fibrillation

Stroke

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 15-18

  Hansen, Jens Mølholm ^a   Petersen, Palle ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THYROTOXICOSIS;

EID: 0023857463     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.19.1.15     Document Type: Article

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