Age and gender variations in the management of ischaemic stroke in China

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 351-359

  Huang, Yining ^a   Wang, Ji Guang ^b   Wei, Jade W ^c   Headley, Alexander P ^c   Wong, Lawrence K S ^d   Heeley, Emma L ^c   Arima, Hisatomi ^c   Sun, Jian ^e   Li, Qiang ^c   Liu, Ming ^f   Li, Zhengyi ^g   Wu, Li'e ^h   Cheng, Yan ⁱ   Huang, Qifang ^b   Zhang, Shihong ^f   Xu, En ^j   Yang, Qidong ^k   Lu, Chuanzhen ^l   Anderson, Craig S ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e George Institute   (China)

^f SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Xian Traffic University Medical College First Hospital   (China)

^h BAOTOU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

ⁱ TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^l FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Author keywords

Acute; Age; China; Clinical practice; Gender; Management; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CINEPAZIDE; CITICOLINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; HEPARIN; NORPHENAZONE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIURETIC THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 77956245647     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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