The stroke epidemic

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-94

  Ng, P W ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CORONARY STENT; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC DISORDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PROPHYLAXIS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACTOR VII; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECURRENCE; SKULL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 34147173345     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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