Prevalence of stroke and associated risk factors in older adults in Havana City and Matanzas Provinces, Cuba (10/66 population-based study)

MEDICC Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 20-26

  Llibre Rodríguez, Juan De Jesús ^a   Valhuerdi Cepero, Adolfo ^b   Fernández Concepción, Otman ^c   Llibre Guerra, Juan Carlos ^c   Porto Alvarez, Rudbeskia ^d   López Medina, Ana M ^e   Marcheco Teruel, Beatriz ^f   Moreno Carbonell, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b Faustino Pérez University Teaching Hospital   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGÍA Y NEUROCIRUGÍA   (Cuba)

^d José R López Tabranes Teaching Hospital   (Cuba)

^e Héroes del Corynthia University Polyclinic   (Cuba)

^f National Medical Genetics Center   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E4; Cuba; Epidemiology; Population based study; Prevalence; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956935941     PISSN: 15557960     EISSN: 15273172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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