Epidemiology and etiology of ischemic stroke in young adults aged 18 to 44 years in Northern Sweden

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1702-1709

  Kristensen, Bo ^a   Malm, Jan ^a   Carlberg, Bo ^a   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^a   Backman, Christer ^a   Fagerlund, Markku ^a   Olsson, Tommy ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Epidemiology; Stroke classification; Sweden; Young adults

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; ONSET AGE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SWEDEN; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0030874726     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.9.1702     Document Type: Article

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