Arterial events after ischemic stroke at a young age: A cross-sectional long-term follow-up of patients and controls in western Norway

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 277-282

  Waje Andreassen, Ulrike ^a   Naess, Halvor ^a   Thomassen, Lars ^a   Eide, Geir Egil ^a,b   Vedeler, Christian A ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arterial events; Diabetes mellitus; Ischemic stroke; Smoking; Young stroke patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548084013     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105680     Document Type: Article

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