Understanding stroke in women similar care, worse outcomes?

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 674-675

  Saposnik, Gustavo ^a,b,e   Kapral, Moira K ^b,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Outcome; Prevention; Sex differences; Stroke

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; NOTE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN;

EID: 62449139475     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.531830     Document Type: Editorial

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