Gender differences in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 741-745

  Ramani, Subha ^a   Byrne Logan, Susan ^a   Freund, Karen M ^a   Ash, Arlene ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Moskowitz, Mark A ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Gender differences; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0033946183     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04747.x     Document Type: Article

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