Increasing prevalence of haemorrhagic stroke among South Asian patients in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2005

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 605-

  Potluri, Rahul ^a   Natalwala, Ammar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Haemorrhagic stroke; South asian; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 61449130410     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.07.067     Document Type: Letter

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