Charlson Index comorbidity adjustment for ischemic stroke outcome studies

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1941-1945

  Goldstein, Larry B ^a,b,d   Samsa, Gregory P ^a,b   Matchar, David B ^a,b   Horner, Ronnie D ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Outcome; Outcome assessment; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3242777892     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000135225.80898.1c     Document Type: Article

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