Prevalence of stroke and transient ischemic attack in three elderly populations of Central Spain

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-253

  Diaz Guzman J ^a   Bermejo Pareja, F ^a   Benito Leon J ^a   Vega, S ^d   Gabriel, R ^b   Medrano, M J ^c   Portera Sanchez A ^e   Berbel, A ^e   Martinez Salio A ^e   Olazaran J ^e   Pardo, J ^e   Porta Etessam, J ^e   Molina, J A ^e   Perez Del Molino F ^e   Rivera Navarro, J ^e   Alonso, M ^e   Gomez C ^e   Saiz, C ^e   Fernandez G ^e   Sanchez Sanchez F ^e   Rodriguez P ^e   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d Health Center of Arévalo   (Spain)

^e Hospital Universitario 'Doce de Octubre' ^*

Author keywords

Population based studies; Stroke, epidemiology; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; SPAIN; STROKE; SUBURBAN AREA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; STROKE; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 44449095364     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000135643     Document Type: Article

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