Variations between countries in outcome after stroke in the International Stroke Trial (IST)

Stroke

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1370-1377

  Weir, N U ^a   Sandercock, P A G ^b   Lewis, S C ^b   Signorini, D F ^b   Warlow, C P ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Cerebrovascular disorders; Disability evaluation; Outcome; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034987541     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.6.1370     Document Type: Article

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