Effect of gender on stroke management in Glasgow [3]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-222

  McInnes, Caroline ^a   McAlpine, Christine ^a   Walters, Matthew ^b  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 41249103581     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm153     Document Type: Letter

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