Stroke register: Experience from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 86-89

  Al Rajeh, Saad ^a   Larbi, Emmanuel B ^a   Bademosi, Olajide ^a   Awada, Adnan ^a   Yousef, Abdullah ^a   Al Freihi, Hussein ^a   Miniawi, Hani ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Epidemiology; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031910751     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015823     Document Type: Article

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