Frequency of known risk factors of stroke and its outcome in patients admitted in Sindh Government Qatar Hospital Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 634-636

  Hasan, Syed Riazul ^a,c   Ghouri, Ahmad Salman Khan ^b  

^a Sindh Government Qatar Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

^c NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548395996     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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