Ischaemic stroke in the young adult: Clinical features, risk factors and outcome

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Nayak, S Dinesh ^a   Nair, Muralidharan ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^a   Sarma, P Sankara ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031132750     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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