Variations in care and outcome in the first year after stroke: A Western and Central European perspective

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1702-1706

  Wolfe, C D A ^a   Tilling, K ^b   Rudd, A ^c   Giroud, M ^d   Inzitari, D ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Div of Public Health Sciences KCL ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 10044273264     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.039438     Document Type: Article

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