Frequency of stroke types at an emergency hospital in Natal, Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 4 B, 2007, Pages 1139-1143

  Martins Jr , Antonio N N ^a,b   De Figueiredo, Marcelo M ^a,b   Rocha, Orlandil D ^a,b   Fernandes, Maria A F ^a,c   Jeronimo, Selma M B ^a,b   Dourado Jr , Mario E ^a,d,e  

^a Hospital Monsenhor Walfredo Gurgel   (Brazil)

^b Center for Bioscience

^c Health Science Center

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hypertension; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 41549106171     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000700009     Document Type: Article

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