Tuberculosis and the risk of ischemic stroke: A 3-year follow-up study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-249

  Sheu, Jau Jiuan ^a   Chiou, Hung Yi ^b   Kang, Jiunn Horng ^a   Chen, Yi Hua ^b   Lin, Herng Ching ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Stroke; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS; URBANIZATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TAIWAN; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77449140009     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.567735     Document Type: Article

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