Reliable estimation of the proportion of minor stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-10

  Lovelock, Caroline E ^a   Redgrave, J N ^a   Briley, D ^b   Rothwell, P M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral haemorrhage; Epidemiology; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Radiology; Stroke; Stroke subtypes

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60549098830     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2009.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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