Incidence and outcome of subtypes of ischaemic stroke: Initial results from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 133-139

  Dewey, Helen M ^a,c   Sturm, Jonathan ^a   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a   Macdonell, Richard A L ^a   McNeil, John J ^b   Thrift, Amanda G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Classification; Epidemiology; Incidence; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037239206     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067142     Document Type: Article

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