The influence of anemia on clinical presentation and outcome of patients with first-ever atherosclerosis-related ischemic stroke

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-649

  Huang, Wen Yi ^a   Chen, I Chuan ^a   Meng, Lee ^a   Weng, Wei Chieh ^a   Peng, Tsung I ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cerebral infarction; Clinical outcome; Hemoglobin; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 62549116103     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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