Multinational comparison of diagnostic procedures and management of acute stroke: The WHO MONICA study

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 66-74

  Kjell, Asplund ^a   Anna Maija, Rajakangas ^a   Kari, Kuulasmaa ^a   Per, Thorvaldsen ^a   Ruth, Bonita ^a   Birgitta, Stegmayr ^a   Kazuo, Suzuki ^a   Dorothea, Eisenblätter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebrovascular diseases; Hypersexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHINA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SWEDEN; USSR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0030061392     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108000     Document Type: Article

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