Ischaemic posterior circulation stroke in State of Qatar

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1004-1009

  Akhtar, N ^a   Kamran, S I ^a   Deleu, D ^a   D'Souza, A ^a   Miyares, F ^a   Elsotouhy, A ^a   Al Hail, H ^a   Mesraoua, B ^a   Own, A ^a   Salem, K ^a   Kamha, A ^a   Osman, Y ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; Ischaemic stroke; Posterior circulation stroke; Risk factors; Stroke in Qatar; Stroke subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSARTHRIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OBESITY; POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL; VERTIGO;

BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 68849097067     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02709.x     Document Type: Article

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