The profile of stroke in Nigeria's federal capital territory

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-212

  Imam, I ^a   Olorunfemi, G ^a  

^a Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0036800417     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200409     Document Type: Article

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