Clinical characteristics of cerebral infarction in China and Japan

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 335-341

  Wu, Lihua ^a   Takahashi, Kazuo ^a   Kobayashi, Shotai ^a   Tian, Guoping ^b   Song, Lichun ^c   Matui, Ryukichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Shuhei ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Shenyang First People's Hospital   (China)

^c Department of Neurology   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cerebral infarction; China; Risk factor; Subtype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 3242803010     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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