Young strokes in Sri Lanka: An unsolved problem

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 304-308

  De Silva, Ranil ^a   Gamage, Ranjani ^b   Wewelwala, Chandika ^a   Gunarathna, Dinusha ^a   Kittner, Steven ^c   Sirisena, Dharshan ^b   Weerasinghe, Anura ^d   Amarasinghe, Pryani ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Maryland Stroke Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

family history; Sri Lanka; Stroke in young

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SRI LANKA; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649132648     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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