Mortality and recovery after stroke in The Gambia

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1604-1609

  Walker, Richard W ^a   Rolfe, Michael ^b   Kelly, Peter J ^c   George, Melville O ^d   James, Oliver F W ^e  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Withybush General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Tees Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d WHO Country Office   (South Africa)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Africa south of the Sahara; Fatal outcome; Recovery of function; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038491229     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000077943.63718.67     Document Type: Article

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