Risk factors for first stroke in women less than 50

JPMI - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-240

  Shahzad, Aamir ^a   Abbasi, Shahid ^a   Nasim, Amjad ^a   Gul, Sumera ^a  

^a FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Stroke; Young females

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77956101977     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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