Effects of Ramadan fasting on stroke

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Çomoǧlu, Selçuk ^a   Temizhan, Ahmet ^b,d   Peşinci, Emel ^a   Tandoǧan, Izzet ^c   Özbakir, Şenay ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Fasting; Hypertension; Ramadan; Stroke

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RAMADAN FASTING;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOSLEM; NEUROLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0042433305     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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