Risk factors, subtypes and outcome of ischaemic stroke in Kuwait - A hospital-based study

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 218-223

  Al Shammri, S ^a   Shahid, Z ^a   Ghali, A ^a   Mehndiratta, M M ^a   Swaminathan, T R ^a   Chadha, G ^a   Sharma, P N ^a   Akanji, A O ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Kuwait; Risk factors; Stroke; Stroke subtypes

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC LARGE ARTERY STROKE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRAINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALL ARTERY INFARCTION; STROKE; STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344737965     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072287     Document Type: Review

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