Ischemic stroke: Prevalence of modifiable risk factors in male and female patients in Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Khan, N I ^a   Naz, L ^a   Mushtaq, S ^a   Rukh, L ^a   Ali, S ^b   Hussain, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Ischemic stroke; Obesity; Stroke risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; WARD; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAKISTAN; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61949343406     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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