Ischaemic stroke in young adults: A comparative study between Malaysia and Australia

Neurology Asia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Tan, Kay Sin ^a   Tan, Chong Tin ^a   Churilov, Leonid ^b   Mackay, Mark ^b   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 77953156991     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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