Non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage in young adults living in Guayaquil, Ecuador (South America): Analysis of 151 patients

Functional Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-28

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,b   Sánchez, Javier ^a   Campos, Xavier ^a   Santos, José ^a   Mosquera, Aurelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

^b Air Center 3542   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Hemorrhagic stroke; Prognosis; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PROGNOSIS; PUTAMEN; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERIOLES; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; ECUADOR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345465658     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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