Sleep apnea and the risk of stroke in the elderly [1]

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 852-

  Drager, Luciano F ^a   Lorenzi Filho, Geraldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; NOTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 33947511486     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000257313.01335.c2     Document Type: Letter

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