Influence of cholesterol on survival after stroke: Retrospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7094, 1997, Pages 1584-1588

  Dyker, Alexander G ^a   Weir, Christopher J ^a   Lees, Kennedy R ^a  

^a Gardiner Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031006673     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7094.1584     Document Type: Article

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