Stroke etiology among Haitians living in Miami

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 192-195

  Koch, Sebastian ^a,b   Pabon, Diego ^a   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^a   Chirinos, Julio ^a   Romano, Jose G ^a   Forteza, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Small vessel stroke; Stroke etiology; Stroke in minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HAITI; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 27544493841     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087449     Document Type: Article

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