Sex Differences in Stroke Evaluations in the Ischemic Stroke Genetics Study

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 187-193

  Leslie Mazwi, Thabele M ^a   Brott, Thomas G ^a   Brown Jr , Robert D ^b   Worrall, Bradford B ^c   Silliman, Scott L ^d   Case, L Douglas ^e   Frankel, Michael R ^f   Rich, Stephen S ^e   Meschia, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic evaluation; ischemic stroke; sex differences; tertiary stroke centers

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548449419     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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