Long-term survival and outcome after first stroke in the Sicilian Aeolian Island Archipelago population

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-156

  La Spina, Paolino ^a   Savica, Rodolfo ^a   Serra, Salvatore ^a   Calabrò, Rocco Salvatore ^a   Postorino, Paolo ^a   Morgante, Letterio ^a   Savettieri, Giovanni ^b   Musolino, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; MIDDLE AGED; SICILY; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 48949116333     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0927-0     Document Type: Article

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