Cerebrovascular disease among patients from the Indian subcontinent

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 894-896

  Moussouttas, M ^a,c   Aguilar, L ^a   Fuentes, K ^a   Anyanwu, B ^a   Manassarians, H ^a   Papamitsakis, N ^a   Shi, Q ^b   Visintainer, P ^b  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748690347     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233923.63869.8c     Document Type: Article

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