Long-term mortality among young ischemic stroke patients in western Norway

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 150-156

  Waje Andreassen, U ^a   Naess, H ^a   Thomassen, L ^a   Eide, G E ^a,b   Vedeler, C A ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ischemic stroke; Mortality; Smoking; Young patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34547907067     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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