Short- and long-term prognosis for every old stroke patients. The Copenhagen Stroke Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-154

  Kammersgaard, Lars Peter ^a,b   Jorgensen H S ^b   Reith, J ^b   Nakayama, H ^b   Pedersen, P M ^b   Olsen, T S ^a  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elderly; Prognosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542299703     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh052     Document Type: Article

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