From apoplexy to stroke

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 331-337

  Pound, Pandora ^a,c   Bury, Michael ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoplexy; History; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0030752559     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.5.331     Document Type: Review

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