Gender aspects of Ischemic stroke. An analysis of the Austrian Stroke-Unit Registry;Genderaspekte des Ischämischen schlaganfalls analyse des Österreichischen Stroke-Unit Registers

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 158, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 446-452

  Horner, Susanna ^a   Niederkorn, Kurt ^a   Schnabl, Stefan ^b   Fazekas, Franz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GESUNDHEIT ÖSTERREICH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Ischemic stroke; Stroke management; Stroke unit; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE UNIT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 51449114707     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-008-0568-1     Document Type: Article

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