Predictors of survival in African American patients with AD, VaD, or stroke without dementia

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1146-1153

  Freels, Sally ^a   Nyenhuis, David L ^b   Gorelick, Philip B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037159250     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.59.8.1146     Document Type: Article

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