Total cholesterol, severity of stroke, and all-cause mortality

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Sheikh, Kazim ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 41249083481     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.509356     Document Type: Letter

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