Frequency and clinical patterns of stroke in Iran - Systematic and critical review

BMC Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hosseini, Akram A ^a,c   Sobhani Rad, Davood ^b   Ghandehari, Kavian ^b   Benamer, Hani T S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; REVIEW; STROKE;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77955815329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-72     Document Type: Article

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