Stroke in Kuwait: A three-year prospective study

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-47

  Abdul Ghaffar, Naser U A M A ^a   El Sonbaty, Mohammed Riad ^a   El Din Abditl Baky, Mohammed Salah ^a   Marafie, Amin Ali ^a   Said, Ali Mohammed Al ^b  

^a ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031032171     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109669     Document Type: Article

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