Higher attack rates for left motor deficit among men with cerebrovascular events

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1794-1796

  Devroey, Dirk ^a,b   Buntinx, F ^c,d   Van Castere, V ^a   Van Der Heyden, J ^a   Vandenberghe, H ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0037058750     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000036612.70728.EB     Document Type: Article

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