Characteristics of morbidity and mortality from stroke in the Negev population in the years 1995 and 1999

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Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 842-846

  Netz, Uri ^a   Perry, Zvi ^b   Weitzman, Shimon ^b  

^a Soroka University Hospital   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Hemorrhagic stroke; Ischemic stroke; Leukocytosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 58149359388     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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