Factors predicting early stroke fatality in Poland. Preliminary report of the Polish National Stroke Registry

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-304

  Ryglewicz, D ^a,b   Milewska, D ^a   Lechowicz, W ^a   Roszkiewicz M ^a   Czlonkowska, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fatality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLAND; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345602761     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-003-0164-5     Document Type: Article

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