Stroke in Qatar: A First Prospective Hospital-based Study of Acute Stroke

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 69-78

  Khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   Yasin, Mohammed ^a   Abu Khattab, Mohammed ^a   El Hiday, A Haleem ^a   Errayes, Mehdi ^a   Lotf, Abdu Kaed ^b   Ibrahim, Abdulsalam Saif ^b   Abbas, Mushtak Talib ^a   Matar, Issa ^a   Alsamawi, Musaad ^b   Alhail, Hassan ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b Al Khor Hospital   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic stroke; ischemic stroke; risk factors; stroke in Qatar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 40749124006     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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