Stroke symptoms in individuals reporting no prior stroke or transient ischemic attack are associated with a decrease in indices of mental and physical functioning

Stroke

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2446-2452

  Howard, George ^a   Safford, Monika M ^b   Meschia, James F ^c   Moy, Claudia S ^d   Howard, Virginia J ^a   Pulley, LeaVonne ^a,e   Gomez, Camilo R ^f   Crowther, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^f Alabama Neurological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Cohort studies; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548233279     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.478032     Document Type: Article

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