Lund Stroke Register: Hospitalization pattern and yield of different screening methods for first-ever stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Hallstrom B ^a   Jonsson A C ^a   Nerbrand, C ^a   Petersen, B ^a   Norrving, B ^a   Lindgren, A ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Methodology; Stroke; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845482916     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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