Stroke in young adults: A retrospective study of 68 cases

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-124

  Harirchian, M H ^a   Ghaffarpour, M ^a   Doratotaj, D ^a   Akhavirad, M B ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Epidemiology; Etiology; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Stroke; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRIUM SARCOMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SMOKING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR BLEEDING;

EID: 34347218937     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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