Day-of-week distribution of fatal and nonfatal ischemic stroke in elderly subjects

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1511-1513

  Manfredini, Roberto ^a   Manfredini, Fabio ^a   Malagoni, Anna Maria ^a   Salmi, Raffaella ^b   Boari, Benedetta ^b   Gallerani, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; STROKE; TIME; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149114173     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02375.x     Document Type: Letter

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