Poststroke dementia predicts poor survival in long-term follow-up: Influence of prestroke cognitive decline and previous stroke

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 865-870

  Melkas, S ^a   Oksala, N K J ^b   Jokinen, H ^a,c   Pohjasvaara, T ^a   Vataja, R ^a   Oksala, A ^b   Kaste, M ^a   Karhunen, P J ^b   Erkinjuntti, T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SENESCENCE; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVAL TIME; AGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67849121574     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.166603     Document Type: Article

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