Distribution of etiologies in patients above and below age 45 with first-ever ischemic stroke

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 311-316

  Telman, G ^a   Kouperberg, E ^a   Sprecher, E ^a   Yarnitsky, D ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Etiology; Ischemia; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; WARFARIN;

EID: 41849115544     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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