Differences in the nature of stroke in a multiethnic urban south african population the Johannesburg Hospital stroke register

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-362

  Connor, Myles D ^a,c,d   Modi, Girish ^a   Warlow, Charles P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa south of the sahara; Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral infarction; Ethnic groups; South africa; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; URBAN AREA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60549083261     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.521609     Document Type: Article

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