Acute stroke in very old people: Clinical features and predictors of in- hospital mortality

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-41

  Arboix, A ^a   Garcia Eroles L ^a   Massons, J ^a   Oliveres, M ^a   Targa, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SAGRAT COR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Mortality; Old age; Prognosis; Strokes

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREDICTION; REGISTER; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 0343340399     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03026.x     Document Type: Article

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