High stroke incidence in the prospective community-based L'Aquila registry (1994-1998): First year's results

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2500-2506

  Carolei, Antonio ^a   Marini, Carmine ^a   Di Napoli, Mario ^a   Di Gianfilippo, Giacinto ^a   Santalucia, Paola ^a   Baldassarre, Massimo ^a   De Matteis, Giorgio ^a   Di Orio, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebral infarction; Incidence; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Registries; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031440088     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.12.2500     Document Type: Article

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