Racial differences in survival post cerebral infarction among the elderly

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-290

  Bian, J ^e   Oddone, E Z ^a,b   Samsa, G P ^a,d   Lipscomb, J ^c   Matchar, D B ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0037469222     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000041492.58594.4D     Document Type: Article

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