Stroke in Italy: Five-year results of the L'Aquila stroke registry (1994-1998) and comparison with comparable national and international population studies;L'ictus in Italia: Risultati a 5 anni de l'aquila stroke registry (1994-1998) e confronto con studi comparabili di popolazione nazionali ed internazionali per una politica di gestione programmata della patologia

Rivista Italiana di Neurobiologia

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-135

  Sacco, Simona ^a   Di Gianfilippo, Giacinto ^a   Di Napoli, Mario ^a   Santalucia, Paola ^a   Euforbio, Maria ^a   Triggiani, Leonardo ^a   Cimini, Nicola ^a   Ciancarelli, Irene ^a   De Santis, Federica ^a   Olivieri, Luigi ^a   Pistoia, Francesca ^a   Marini, Carmine ^a   Carolei, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular diseases; Epidemiology; Stroke; Stroke registry

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449104411     PISSN: 00356336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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