Sex-related time-dependent variations in post-stroke survival - Evidence of a female stroke survival advantage

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 218-225

  Olsen, Tom Skyhøj ^a   Dehlendorff, Christian ^b   Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intracerebral haemorrhage; Ischaemic stroke; Mortality, sex related

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38849166694     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112464     Document Type: Article

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