Untreated or uncontrolled cardiovascular risk factors are associated with an increased risk of cerebral hemorrhage during colder periods

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-69

  Turin, T C ^a   Rumana, N ^a   Kita, Y ^a   Nakamura, Y ^b   Ueshima, H ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD CLIMATE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 74049133351     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2009.01197.x     Document Type: Letter

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